Entanglement Purification with Higher Error Threshold for Imperfection of Local Operations and Bell State Measurements

We analyse further the entanglement purification protocol proposed by Feng et al. [Phys. Lett. A 271(2000)44] in the case of imperfect local operations and measurements. It is found that this protocol allows of higher error threshold. Compared with the standard entanglement purification proposed by Bennett et al. [Phys. Rev.Lett. 76 (1996) 722], it turns out that this protocol is remarkably robust against the influences of imperfect local operations and measurements.