%P QTh3A.35 %D 2024 %A H Lam %A E Sutcliffe %A A Beghelli %T Impact of Noise on Multipartite Entanglement Distribution in Quantum Networks %B Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition, Technical Digest Series %X We examine non-ideal entanglement swapping and fusion operations in single-path and multipath routing for multipartite entanglement distribution. Results show the distance-invariant multipartite distribution rate of multipath routing is lost in the presence of noise. %C Rotterdam, Netherlands %O This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. %I Optica Publishing Group %L discovery10199849 %J Quantum 2.0 in Proceedings Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition