Device-independent certification of an elementary quantum network link
Jean-Daniel Bancal, Kai Redeker, Pavel Sekatski, Wenjamin Rosenfeld, Nicolas Sangouard · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2018
Device-independent characterization, also known as self-testing, provides a certification of devices from the result of a Bell test that is suitable for a wide range of applications. We here show that self-testing can be used in an elementary link of a quantum network to certify the successful distribution of a Bell state over 398 meters. Being based on a Bell test free of detection and locality loopholes, our certification is fully device-independent, that is, it does not rely on a knowledge of how the devices work. This guarantees that our link can be integrated in a quantum network for performing long-distance quantum communications with security guarantees that are independent of the details of the actual implementation.