Patent ID: 11962354
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable, storage media storing program instructions, that when executed on or across one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a request for distribution of quantum entanglement; and
cause quantum entanglement to be distributed across an optical ground station and a communications hub, wherein to perform the distribution, the program instructions, when executed on or across the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
be configured to receive heralding signals from one or more quantum memory devices indicating that two photons have been received at the one or more quantum memory devices via a free-space or atmospheric channel connected to the optical ground station and via a given one of a plurality of fiber optic links connected to the communications hub, respectively; and
cause, in response to receiving the heralding signals, quantum entanglement to be extended from the free-space or atmospheric communication channel to the given one of the plurality of fiber optic links.