An Asymptotically Achievable Rate Bound for Establishing High-Fidelity Entanglements in Quantum Networks

Abstract

Entangled quantum states serve as important resources in quantum communication, quantum computing, and quantum sensing. Creating entangled states between remote nodes is referred to as remote entanglement establishment (REE). REE typically consists of three types of quantum operations: entanglement generation, distillation, and swapping. By carefully designing the sequence describing the order of these operations, this paper investigates REE in a repeater chain under the requirement that the fidelity of the established entanglements be above a desired threshold. Specifically, the paper derives an asymptotically achievable upper bound on the maximum REE rate.