https://doi.org/10.1140/epjqt/s40507-015-0038-9
Research
Quantum teleportation of propagating quantum microwaves
1
Department of Physical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Apartado 644, Bilbao, 48080, Spain
2
Walther-Meißner-Institut, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Garching, 85748, Germany
3
Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, Garching, 85748, Germany
4
Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Schellingstraße 4, München, 80799, Germany
5
IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, Bilbao, 48013, Spain
* e-mail: rob.dicandia@gmail.com
Received:
8
July
2015
Accepted:
29
November
2015
Published online:
15
December
2015
Propagating quantum microwaves have been proposed and successfully implemented to generate entanglement, thereby establishing a promising platform for the realisation of a quantum communication channel. However, the implementation of quantum teleportation with photons in the microwave regime is still absent. At the same time, recent developments in the field show that this key protocol could be feasible with current technology, which would pave the way to boost the field of microwave quantum communication. Here, we discuss the feasibility of a possible implementation of microwave quantum teleportation in a realistic scenario with losses. Furthermore, we propose how to implement quantum repeaters in the microwave regime without using photodetection, a key prerequisite to achieve long distance entanglement distribution.
© The Author(s), 2015
