A quantum internet is the holy grail of quantum information processing, enabling the
deployment of a broad range of quantum technologies and protocols on a global scale …

Quantum networks play an extremely important role in quantum information science, with
application to quantum communication, computation, metrology, and fundamental tests. One …

Quantum networks promise to provide the infrastructure for many disruptive applications,
such as efficient long-distance quantum communication and distributed quantum …

Quantum light–matter interfaces are at the heart of photonic quantum technologies.
Quantum memories for photons, where non-classical states of photons are mapped onto …

Quantum memories for light will be essential elements in future long-range quantum
communication networks. These memories operate by reversibly mapping the quantum state …

Entanglement between a stationary quantum system and a flying qubit is an essential
ingredient of a quantum-repeater network. It has been demonstrated for trapped ions …

An optical quantum memory can be broadly defined as a system capable of storing a
quantum state through interaction with light at optical frequencies. During the last decade …

This paper reviews recent efforts to realize a high‐efficiency memory for optical pulses using
slow and stored light based on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in …

Quantum repeaters hold promise for scalable long-distance quantum communication. The
basic building block is a quantum light–matter interface that generates non-classical …

Entanglement between stationary quantum memories and photonic channels is the
essential resource for future quantum networks. Together with entanglement distillation, it …