Quantum Networks with Chiral-Light-Matter Interaction in Waveguides

Phys Rev Lett. 2016 Dec 9;117(24):240501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.240501. Epub 2016 Dec 5.

Abstract

We propose a scalable architecture for a quantum network based on a simple on-chip photonic circuit that performs loss-tolerant two-qubit measurements. The circuit consists of two quantum emitters positioned in the arms of an on-chip Mach-Zehnder interferometer composed of waveguides with chiral-light-matter interfaces. The efficient chiral-light-matter interaction allows the emitters to perform high-fidelity intranode two-qubit parity measurements within a single chip and to emit photons to generate internode entanglement, without any need for reconfiguration. We show that, by connecting multiple circuits of this kind into a quantum network, it is possible to perform universal quantum computation with heralded two-qubit gate fidelities F∼0.998 achievable in state-of-the-art quantum dot systems.