Entanglement distribution: To herald or not to herald

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.06423v1
• Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:59:23 GMT
• Title: Entanglement distribution: To herald or not to herald
• Abstract summary: This paper compares the entanglement distribution rates of three islands-based systems.<n>For 90% or lower heralding efficiencies, ZALM's per-pump-pulse entanglement distribution rate exceeds that of the signal-path erasure source.
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• Abstract: High-rate, high-fidelity entanglement distribution is essential for the creation of a quantum internet, and spontaneous parametric downconverters (SPDCs) are, at present, the preferred sources of entangled signal-idler photon pairs for transmission to Alice and Bob's quantum nodes. SPDCs using phase-matched spectral islands are especially attractive, in this regard, because they provide wavelength-division multiplexed signal-idler pairs with single-mode temporal behavior. This paper compares the entanglement distribution rates of three islands-based systems. Two use idler detections for heralding: islands-based zero-added-loss multiplexing (ZALM), and an islands-based Sagnac SPDC source with signal-path erasure. The third employs an unheralded Sagnac SPDC source. For 90% or lower heralding efficiencies, ZALM's per-pump-pulse entanglement distribution rate exceeds that of the signal-path erasure source, and both rates are inferior to unheralded operation's when all three systems employ $N_I$ spectral islands and allocate $N_M = N_I$ quantum memories to each pump pulse. These behaviors, however, must be weighed against the three systems' differing equipment requirements, e.g., ZALM requires a pair of perfectly-matched Sagnac sources, which is a significant burden not incurred by the signal-path erasure approach, and both heralded systems will suffer, in comparison with unheralded operation, if they cannot realize high heralding efficiencies.

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