基于极化-空间模超纠缠的量子网络多跳纠缠交换方法研究

基于纠缠交换方法进行多跳量子信息传输,是实现远距离量子网络通信的基本方式之一.传统的多跳量子网络通常使用单自由度极化光子纠缠态作为量子信道,信息传输容量较低且容易受到噪声的干扰.本文提出一种基于超纠缠的高效量子网络多跳纠缠交换方法,利用极化-空间模式两自由度的纠缠光子,建立超纠缠量子多跳信息传输通道.以远程超纠缠隐形传态的信道建立需求为例,首先给出了基础的逐跳超纠缠交换方案,为降低该方案的端到端超纠缠建立时延,提出在中间量子节点进行同时测量的并行超纠缠交换方案.在此基础上,为降低并行超纠缠交换的经典信息开销,进一步提出一种分级并行超纠缠交换方案.理论分析及仿真结果表明该方案的纠缠建立时延接近于并行超纠缠交换方案,但可以减少经典信息传输量,在一定程度上实现两者的平衡.相比传统的纠缠交换方法,本文方案有利于解决远程超纠缠通信的需求,对未来构建更高效率的量子网络有积极意义.     

Hierarchical simultaneous entanglement swapping for multi-hop quantum communication based on multi-particle entangled states

Entanglement swapping is a key technology for multi-hop communication based on entanglement in quantum networks. However, the end-to-end delay of the traditional sequential entanglement swapping (SEQES) grows rapidly withthe increase of network scale. To solve this problem, we first propose a low-delay multi-particle simultaneous entanglementswapping (SES) scheme to establish the remote four-particle Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) channel states for thebidirectional teleportation of three-particle GHZ states, in which the intermediate nodes perform Bell state measurements,send the measurement results and the Bell state type to the user node Bob (or Alice) through classical channel simultaneously. Bob (or Alice) only needs to carry out a proper unitary operation according to the information he (or she) hasreceived. Further, we put forward a hierarchical simultaneous entanglement swapping (HSES) scheme to reduce the classical information transmission cost, which is composed of level-1 SES and level-2 SES (schemes). The former is an innersegment SES, and the latter is an inter segments SES. Theoretical analysis and simulation results show the HSES can obtainthe optimal performance tradeoff between end-to-end delay and classical cost.