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Area of Science:

  • Quantum optics
  • Nanophotonics
  • Quantum information science

Background:

  • Conventional methods for generating and distributing entangled quantum states often require bulky optical devices.
  • These traditional approaches face significant challenges in system miniaturization and integration for quantum technologies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a novel entanglement engineering scheme for generating and distributing multiple polarization-entangled photon pairs.
  • To demonstrate the potential of metasurfaces as compact and scalable sources for quantum networking.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized quantum interference on a multichannel metasurface.
  • Employed postselection to generate polarization-entangled states.
  • Two unentangled photons with differing polarizations were incident on the metasurface.

Main Results:

  • Successfully generated and distributed multiple polarization-entangled photon pairs.
  • Demonstrated the formation of a fully connected entanglement distribution among output channels.
  • Experimentally generated and distributed four Bell states across 21 channel pairs.

Conclusions:

  • Metasurfaces offer a promising platform for compact and scalable entanglement generation.
  • The reported scheme overcomes limitations of traditional optical setups for quantum state distribution.
  • This work highlights the potential of metasurfaces for advancing quantum networking applications.