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Physicists Found the Magic Number to Save Quantum Networks




Researchers at Northwestern have found a way to keep quantum networks functioning despite the inherent instability of quantum links.

By strategically adding links, they demonstrated that networks can be maintained with far fewer new connections than expected, offering a more efficient model for quantum communications.

Quantum Networks and Entangled Photons


Entangled photons have immense potential for quantum computing and communications, but they come with a significant challenge once used, they vanish.

In a new study published on January 23 in Physical Review Letters, physicists at Northwestern University introduced a new approach to sustain communication in constantly changing and unpredictable quantum networks. Their research shows that by strategically rebuilding lost connections, the network can eventually reach a stable, though altered, state.

Balancing Quantum Network Connections


The key to maintaining a functioning quantum network lies in adding the right number of connections, according to the researchers. Adding too many connections can overwhelm resources, making the system inefficient, while adding too few can leave the network fragmented and unable to meet user demands.

These insights could pave the way for the development of optimized quantum networks, enabling ultra-fast computing and highly secure communications.

“Many researchers are putting significant efforts into building larger and better quantum communication networks around the globe,” said Northwestern’s István Kovács, the study’s senior author. “But, as soon as a quantum network is opened up to users, it burns down. It’s like crossing a bridge and then burning it down behind you. Without intervention, the network quickly dismantles. To tackle this problem, we developed a simple model of users. After each communication event, we added a fixed number of bridges, or links, between disconnected nodes. By adding a large enough number of links after each communication event, we maintained network connectivity.”

An expert in complex systems, Kovács is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

The Challenge of Quantum Entanglement in Communications


Quantum networks work by harnessing quantum entanglement, a phenomenon in which two particles are linked, regardless of the distance between them. Xiangi Meng, an expert in quantum communication and one of the study’s first authors, describes entanglement as a “spooky” but effective resource. At the time of the research, Meng was a research associate in the Kovács group but now is an assistant professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.

“Quantum entanglement is the spooky, space-time-defying correlation between quantum particles,” Meng said. “It’s a resource that allows quantum particles to talk to each other, so they can perform complex tasks together while ensuring no eavesdropper can intercept their messages.”

When two computers communicate using entangled links, however, the links involved in that communication disappear. The act of communication itself alters the quantum state of the link, making it unusable for further communications.

“In classical communications, the infrastructure has enough capacity to handle many, many messages,” Kovács said. “In a quantum network, each link can only send a single piece of information. Then it falls apart.”

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