  We present a quantum repeater scheme based on the recently proposed qubit
amplifier [N. Gisin, S. Pironio and N. Sangouard, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 070501
(2010)]. It relies on a on-demand entangled-photon pair source which uses
on-demand single-photon sources, linear optical elements and atomic ensembles.
Interestingly, the imperfections affecting the states created from this source,
caused e.g. by detectors with non-unit efficiencies, are systematically
purified from an entanglement swapping operation based on a two-photon
detection. This allows the distribution of entanglement over very long
distances with a high fidelity, i.e. without vacuum components and multiphoton
errors. Therefore, the resulting quantum repeater architecture does not
necessitate final postselections and thus achieves high entanglement
distribution rates. This also provides unique opportunities for
device-independent quantum key distribution over long distances with linear
optics and atomic ensembles.
