Statistical properties of the quantum internet

Statistical properties of the quantum internet

Seminar author:Daniel Calvacanti

Event date and time:03/27/2020 12:00:pm

Event location:GIQ Seminar Room

Event contact:Daniel.Cavalcanti@icfo.eu

Steady technological advances are paving the way for the implementation of the quantum internet, a network of locations interconnected by quantum channels. In this talk I will describe a model to simulate a quantum internet based on optical fibers and employ network-theory techniques to characterize the statistical properties of the photonic networks it generates. This model predicts (i) a phase transition between a disconnected and a highly-connected phase, (ii) that the typical photonic networks do not present the small world property, but that (iii) they are highly aggregated. Our results provide quantitative benchmarks for the development of a quantum internet, as for example the minimum density of nodes needed to have a fully connected network and for the average distance between nodes.