Entangled Photon Sources: The Hardware Foundation of the Quantum Internet

Beyond Bits: Managing Entanglement

The recent delivery by Welinq of a rack-mounted Entangled Photon Pair Source is a watershed moment for quantum networking. Unlike standard laser sources, this hardware must maintain quantum coherence across long distances. These sources reliably generate pairs of photons that remain connected through quantum entanglement, allowing for the transmission of qubits between distributed quantum processors.

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