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Aug 2026
Rate-Fidelity Control for Wide-Area Quantum Links
This work constructs a link control protocol that dynamically adapts source pump power and polarization compensation to maximize entanglement distribution rate subject to a minimum fidelity constraint and shows that software-based physical layer control can provide a practical mechanism for improving near-term quantum link performance without requiring additional quantum hardware.
C. Clayton, C. Nunn, Quinn Carmack et al.
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