Efficient three-step entanglement concentration for an arbitrary four-photon cluster state

We propose an entanglement concentration protocol to concentrate an arbitrary partially-entangled four-photon cluster state.As a pioneering three-step entanglement concentration scheme,our protocol only needs a single-photon resource to assist the concentration in each step,which makes this protocol more economical.With the help of the linear optical elements and weak cross-Kerr nonlinearity,one can obtain a maximally-entangled cluster state via local operations and classical communication.Moreover,the protocol can be iterated to obtain a higher success probability and is feasible under current experimental conditions.     

利用三粒子部分纠缠GHZ 态和二粒子纠缠态概率隐形传送任意二粒子态

我们提出了利用三粒子非最大纠缠GHZ态和二粒子非最大纠缠态从一个发送者概率隐形传送任意未知二粒子态至两个接收者中的一个的方案。发送者进行两次Bell-state 测量，接收者以另一个可能的接收者进行的Hadamard操作和投影测量的结果为条件引入两个适当的幺正变换就可以概率隐形传送任意未知二粒子态。     

Two-qubit and three-qubit controlled gates with cross-Kerr nonlinearity

Schemes for two-qubit and three-qubit controlled gates based on cross-Kerr nonlinearity are proposed in this paper.The probability of the success of these gates can be increased by quantum nondemolition detectors,which are used to judge which paths the signal photons pass through.These schemes are almost deterministic and require no ancilla photon.The advantages of these gates over the existing ones include less resource consumption and a higher probability of success,which make our schemes more feasible with current technology.