Entanglement apparatus with reflectors on a quantum device

A quantum entanglement apparatus comprising:

• a first reflecting component disposed on a first surface of a first quantum object confinement component, the first reflecting component configured to reflect a first emitted photon emitted by a first quantum object;
• a second reflecting component disposed on the first surface of the first quantum object confinement component, the second reflecting component configured to reflect a second emitted photon emitted by a second quantum object;
• a first collection component configured to collect the first emitted photon;
• a first modification component configured to modify one or more of a shape, phase, polarization, amplitude, frequency, and/or a time delay of the first emitted photon;
• a second collection component configured to collect the second emitted photon;
• and
• a second modification component configured to modify one or more of a shape, phase, polarization, amplitude, frequency, and/or a time delay of the second emitted photon.

A quantum entanglement apparatus comprising:

• a first quantum object confinement component configured to confine a first quantum object;
• a second quantum object confinement component configured to confine a second quantum object;
• a first collection component configured to collect a first emitted photon emitted by the first quantum object;
• a first modification component configured to modify one or more of a shape, phase, polarization, amplitude, frequency, and/or a time delay of the first emitted photon;
• a second collection component configured to collect a second emitted photon emitted by the second quantum object;
• a second modification component configured to modify one or more of a shape, phase, polarization, amplitude, frequency, and/or a time delay of the second emitted photon;
• a beam splitter comprising two output ports and configured to:
• combine the first emitted photon and the second emitted photon;
• and
• direct the first emitted photon to a first respective output port of the two output ports of the beam splitter and direct the second emitted photon to a second respective output port of the two output ports of the beam splitter,
• wherein whether a respective photon exiting either of the two output ports of the beam splitter was emitted by the first quantum object or the second quantum object is undeterminable, and
• wherein a first output port of the two output ports is configured to provide photons to a first optical path and a second output port of the two output ports is configured to provide photons to a second optical path;
• the first optical path comprising a first polarizer and a first detector, wherein the first polarizer is configured to receive photons traversing the first optical path and transmit or reflect the photons traversing the first optical path based on respective photon polarizations of the photons traversing the first optical path and the first detector is configured to detect photons traversing the first optical path and transmitted by the first polarizer;
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• the second optical path comprising a second polarizer and a second detector, wherein the second polarizer is configured to receive photons traversing the second optical path and transmit or reflect the photons traversing the second optical path based on respective polarizations of the photons traversing the second optical path and the second detector is configured to detect photons traversing the second optical path and transmitted by the first polarizer.