Ytterbium-171 atom array processors using fiber, detector and beam splitter arrays for scalable long-distance parallelized quantum networking

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-parallel-atom-photon-entanglement-paves.html

"ytterbium atom/ 1,389 nm telecom-band single photon entanglement enables long-distance signal communication without conversion from visible/ near-UV to telecom-band... preserves coherence among certain qubits while others used for communication tasks... future: photon intermediation instead of direct atom-photon entanglement, larger project with optical cavity improves photon collection efficiency... interconnecting/ synchronizing world's atomic clocks, modular quantum computation"

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https://phys.org/news/2026-02-protocol-atom-photon-entanglement.html#google_vignette