Print Email Facebook Twitter Distributing entanglement in quantum networks Title Distributing entanglement in quantum networks Author Goodenough, K.D. (TU Delft QID/Wehner Group) Contributor Wehner, S.D.C. (promotor) Elkouss Coronas, D. (copromotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2022-02-01 Abstract The research presented in this thesis focused on the problem of entanglement distribution. Simply put, the two main problems facing (practical) implementation of entanglement distribution over quantum networks are loss and noise. Quantum repeaters are meant to overcome the effects of loss, but in practice their implementation always comes at the cost of more incurred noise. This additional noise can be overcome by the use of entanglement distillation.In the first two chapters, we focused on the assessment of a basic building block for quantum networks, a single quantum repeater. We then considered finding schemes for the concatenation of multiple such quantum repeaters, along with the inclusion of basic distillation protocols. Finally, we considered a systematic way of optimising over a relevant class of (more complex) distillation protocols. Subject quantum informationquantum information theoryquantum networksquantum communicationquantum repeaters To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:cdab8d12-b970-4c02-b972-cfb61dd00c98 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2022 K.D. Goodenough Files PDF dissertation_final.pdf 12.89 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:cdab8d12-b970-4c02-b972-cfb61dd00c98/datastream/OBJ/view