In-orbit operation of a programmable quantum photonic processor

arXiv:2609.25248 · quant-ph · Submitted 2026-09-21 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-21

Updated: 2026-09-21

Terminology

• Calibration — 41× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Fidelity — 37× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Hong-Ou Mandel — 25× in this paper
• Degeneracy — 14× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Robustness — 13× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Alignment — 11× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Entanglement — 6× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Flight Model — 5× in this paper
• Engineering Model — 3× in this paper
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adaptation — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Ablation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmarking — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Cooperation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Electrical Power System — 1× in this paper
• II Spontaneous Parametric Down-Conversion — 1× in this paper
• PIC Current Source — 1× in this paper
• Quantization — 1× in this paper · explained in 12 episodes
• Reinforcement Learning — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Structural Integrity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Verification — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Satellite-to-ground quantum key distribution
• Satellite-relayed intercontinental quantum network
• Satellite-Based Entanglement Distribution Over 1200 kilometers
• Entanglement demonstration on board a nano-satellite
• Generation and analysis of correlated pairs of photons on board a nanosatellite
• The photon pair source that survived a rocket explosion
• Spaceborne low-noise single-photon detection for satellite-based quantum communications
• Radiation-Induced Dark Counts for Silicon Single-Photon Detectors in Space
• Large-Scale Optical Neural Networks based on Photoelectric Multiplication
• A manufacturable platform for photonic quantum computing
• Quantum computational advantage using photons
• Experimental quantum-enhanced kernels on a photonic processor
• Time-series forecasting with multiphoton quantum states and integrated photonics
• Experimental memory control in continuous variable optical quantum reservoir computing
• Large-scale quantum reservoir computing using a Gaussian Boson Sampler
• Photon Number-Resolving Quantum Reservoir Computing
• Fock State-enhanced Expressivity of Quantum Machine Learning Models
• Photonic Quantum Convolutional Neural Networks with Adaptive State Injection
• Quantum Optical Neuron for Image Classification via Multiphoton Interference
• Entanglement-enabled advantage for learning a bosonic random displacement channel

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