A novel approach to implementation of quantum entanglement purification in optical quantum communication

Entanglement purification is essential to distill highly entangled states from less entangled ones. Existing general purification protocols are based on the quantum controlled-NOT (CNOT) or similar quantum logic operations, which are very difficult to implement experimentally. Here we present a feasible scheme for the implementation of entanglement purification based on planar lightwave circuit (PLC) implementation of quantum CNOT gate. This quantum gate is realized by using interferometric electro-optic modulator. By using planar lightwave circuit in implementation, the width of waveguides and the length of CNOT gate were obtained 12 micron and 2.8 cm respectively