A fully connected polarization-entangled network via integrated spontaneous four-wave mixing engineering

Quantum communication is rapidly developing and is gradually being commercialized due to its technological maturity. Establishing dense communication links among multiple users in a scalable and efficient way is of great significance for realizing a large-scale quantum communication network. Here, we propose a novel scheme to construct a fully connected polarization-entangled network, utilizing the engineering of spontaneous four-wave mixings (SFWMs) and a path-polarization converter. It does not require active optical switches which limit the communication speed, or trusted nodes which lead to potential security risks. The required frequency channels in the network grow linearly with the number of users. We experimentally demonstrate a six-user fully connected network with on-chip SFWM processes motivated by four pumps. Each user in the network receives a frequency channel, and all fifteen connections between the users are implemented simultaneously. Our work opens up a promising scheme to efficiently construct fully connected large-scale networks.