Logic Bell state concentration with parity check measurement

Logic qubit plays an important role in current quantum communication. In this paper, we propose an efficient entanglement concentration protocol (ECP) for a new kind of logic Bell state, where the logic qubit is the concatenated Greenber–Horne–Zeilinger (C-GHZ) state. Our ECP relies on the nondemolition polarization parity check (PPC) gates constructed with cross-Kerr nonlinearity, and can distill one pair of maximally entangled logic Bell state from two same pairs of less-entangled logic Bell states. Benefit from the nondemolition PPC gates, the concentrated maximally entangled logic Bell state can be remained for further application. Moreover, our ECP can be repeated to further concentrate the less-entangled logic Bell state. By repeating the ECP, the total success probability can be effectively increased. Based on above features, this ECP may be useful in future long-distance quantum communication.     

Optimal entanglement concentration for three-photon W states with parity check measurement

We present an efficient entanglement concentration protocol(ECP) for the less-entangled W state with some identical conventional polarized single photons.In the protocol,two of the parties say Alice and Charlie should perform the parity check measurements and they can ultimately obtain the maximally entangled W state with a certain success probability.Otherwise,they can obtain another less-entangled W state,which can be reconcentrated into the maximally entangled W state.By iterating this ECP,a high success probability can be achieved.This ECP may be an optimal one and it is useful in current quantum information processing.     

Entanglement Concentration for Arbitrary Four-Photon Cluster State Assisted with Single Photons

We present an entanglement concentration protocol (ECP) to concentrate arbitrary four-photon less-entangled cluster state into maximally entangled cluster state. Different from other ECPs for cluster state, we only exploit the single photon as auxiliary, which makes this protocol feasible and economic. In our ECP, the concentrated maximally entangled state can be retained for further application and the discarded state can be reused for a higher success probability. This ECP works with the help of cross-Kerr nonlinearity and conventional photon detectors. This ECP may be useful in future one-way quantum computation.     

Efficient W polarization state distribution over an arbitrary collective-noise channel with cross-Kerr nonlinearity

We propose an efficient protocol for W polarization entangled state distribution over an arbitrary collective-noise channel with the help of the cross-Kerr nonlinearity. The entangled state in the frequency degree of freedom, which suffers little from the noise in an optical fiber, is used in the present protocol. The frequency entanglement can be transferred into polarization entanglement with the success probability of 100%. So, the three parities can share the maximally W polarization state with local operations and polarization independent wavelength division multiplexers which can erase distinguishability for frequency.     

Probabilistic Teleportation of Three-Atom State via Five-Atom Cluster State

A scheme for probabilistic teleportation of an unknown three-atom entangled state via a five-atom non-maximally entangled cluster state as quantum channel is proposed. In this scheme, the sender performs two Bell state and a single-atom measurements on the atoms, the receiver can reconstruct the original state with a certain probability by introducing an auxiliary atom and operating appropriate unitary transformations and controlled-not (C-not) operations according to the sender Alice's measurement results. As a result, the probability of successful teleportation is determined by the smallest two of the coefficients'absolute values of the cluster state. The considerable advantage of our scheme is that we employ a non-maximally entangled cluster state as quantum channel in the scheme, which can greatly reduce the amount of entanglement resources and need less classical bits. If we employ a maximally entangled cluster state as quantum channel, the probabilistic teleportation scheme becomes usual teleportation, the successful probability being 100%.     

Entanglement concentration for W-type entangled coherent states

An entangled coherent state(ECS) is one type of entanglement, which is widely discussed in the application of quantum information processing(QIP). In this paper, we propose an entanglement concentration protocol(ECP) to distill the maximally entangled W-type ECS from the partially entangled W-type ECS. In the ECP, we adopt the balanced beam splitter(BS) to make the parity check measurement. Our ECP is quite different from the conventional ECPs. After performing the ECP, not only can we obtain the maximally entangled ECS with some success probability, but also we can increase the amplitude of the coherent state. Therefore, it is especially useful in long-distance quantum communication, if the photon loss is considered.     

Efficient Polarization Entanglement Distribution for W State Assisted by Frequency Degree of Freedom

We present an efficient faithful polarization entanglement distribution protocol for W state over an arbitrary noise channel,which use the frequency degree of freedom to carry the entanglement during the transmission.We describe the transmission of three-photon W state as an example,and then generalize this scheme to n-qubit W state situation.The remote parties can obtain maximally entangled W states on the polarization of photons,and the success probability is 100% in principle.As there was few entanglement purification for W state,our scheme is an efficient and practical method to share W state entanglement between distant parties,which will be useful in quantum communication.We also show that our scheme can be used to distribute arbitrary multi-particle entangled state.     

Distributing entangled state using quantum repeater protocol: Trapped atomic ions in optomechanical cavities

Distribution of the entangled state of trapped atomic ions to long distance using quantum repeater protocol is considered. Indeed, the long distance is divided into short parts, and then using entanglement generation and entanglement swapping techniques in optomechanical cavities, the entanglement is distributed. To do the task, we perform interaction between trapped atomic ions in optomechanical cavities, operate proper measurements on trapped ions and also make Bell state measurement as a well-known way to swap the entanglement. Accordingly, the entanglement is distributed between target ions with satisfactory values of success probability and entanglement degree. The effects of detuning and amplitude of pump laser on the entanglement and success probability are evaluated. The fluctuations of entanglement and success probability are decreased by increasing of detuning. Via increasing the amplitude of pump laser, the maxima of entanglement are repeated more times and success probability undergoes the collapse-revival phenomenon.     

Optimal Entanglement Concentration of the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger States in Quantum-dot and Micro-cavity Coupled System

The distillation of the triplet Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state is demonstrated by using the entanglement concentrating process for the partially electron-spin-entangled systems. We designate an entanglement concentration protocol (ECP) in the quantum-dot (QD) and micro-cavity coupled systems based on the post-selection, from which the partially entangled state can be concentrated with an aid of the ancillary QD and single photon. This protocol can be repeated several rounds to get an optimal success probability. With the current technology, the maximally entangled electron spins can be achieved in the GHZ states after performing some suitable unitary operation locally for the long-distance quantum communications. The advantage is that during the whole process only the single photon needs to pass through the micro-cavity which increases the total success probability even if the cavity is imperfect in implementations.     

Efficient electronic entanglement concentration assisted by single mobile electrons

We present an efficient entanglement concentration protocol （ECP） for mobile electrons with charge detection. This protocol is quite different from other ECPs for one can obtain a maximally entangled pair from a pair of less-entangled state and a single mobile electron with a certain probability. With the help of charge detection, it can be repeated to reach a higher success probability. It also does not need to know the coefficient of the original less-entangled states. All these advantages may make this protocol useful in current distributed quantum information processing.     

Efficient N-particle W state concentration with different parity check gates

We present a universal way to concentrate an arbitrary N-particle less-entangled W state into a maximally entangled W state with different parity check gates.It comprises two protocols.The first protocol is based on the linear optical elements,say the partial parity check gate and the second protocol uses the quantum nondemolition measurement to construct the complete parity check gate.Both protocols can achieve the concentration task.These protocols have several advantages.First,they can obtain a maximally entangled W state only with the help of some single photons,which greatly reduces the number of entanglement resources.Second,in the first protocol,only linear optical elements are required,which is feasible with current techniques.Third,the second protocol can be repeated to perform the concentration step and obtain a higher success probability.All these advantages make it quite useful in current quantum communication and computation applications.     

Hybrid entanglement concentration assisted with single coherent state

Hybrid entangled state(HES) is a new type of entanglement, which combines the advantages of an entangled polarization state and an entangled coherent state. HES is widely discussed in the applications of quantum communication and computation. In this paper, we propose three entanglement concentration protocols(ECPs) for Bell-type HES, W-type HES, and cluster-type HES, respectively. After performing these ECPs, we can obtain the maximally entangled HES with some success probability. All the ECPs exploit the single coherent state to complete the concentration. These protocols are based on the linear optics, which are feasible in future experiments.     

Entanglement concentration and teleportation of multipartite entangled states in an ion trap

We propose an effective scheme for the entanglement concentration of a four-particle state via entanglement swapping in an ion trap. Taking the maximally entangled state after concentration as a quantum channel, we can faithfully and determinatively teleport quantum entangled states from Alice to Bob without the joint Bell-state measurement. In the process of constructing the quantum channel, we adopt entanglement swapping to avoid the decrease of entanglement during the distribution of particles. Thus our scheme provides a new prospect for quantum teleportation over a longer distance. Furthermore, the success probability of our scheme is 1.0.     

Quantum state sharing of an arbitrary multiqubit state using nonmaximally entangled GHZ states

We explicitly present a scheme for quantum state sharing of an arbitrary multiqubit state using nonmaximally entangled GHZ states as the quantum channel and generalized Bell states as the measurement basis. The scheme succeeds only probabilistically with its total success probability depending on the degree of entanglement matching between the quantum channel and the generalized Bell states. Security of the scheme is guaranteed by the fact that attacks of an outside eavesdropper or/and an inside dishonest party will inevitably introduce detectable errors.     

Optimal multi-photon entanglement concentration with the photonic Faraday rotation

We put forward an optimal entanglement concentration protocol(ECP) for recovering an arbitrary less-entangled multi-photon Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger(GHZ) state into the maximally entangled GHZ state based on the photonic Faraday rotation in low-quality(Q) cavity. In the ECP, only one pair of less-entangled multi-photon GHZ state and one auxiliary photon are required, and the concentration task can be realized by local operations. Moreover, our ECP can be used repeatedly to further concentrate the discarded items of conventional ECPs, which can increase its success probability largely. Under the practical imperfect detection condition, our protocol can still work with relatively high success probability. This ECP has application potential in current and future quantum communication.     

利用广义Bell态信道联合远程制备一个任意三量子比特态

研究了一个联合远程制备任意三量子比特态的方案。该方案利用广义的Bell态作为量子信道,两个发送者分别选择合适的测量基进行测量,然后利用经典信道把测量结果传送出去,接收者根据测量结果对自己手中的粒子采取适当的幺正操作,然后引入辅助粒子并进行选择性测量,就能概率性的得到想要制备的量子态。研究结果表明:利用不同形式的广义Bell态信道成功实现联合远程制备一个任意三量子比特态的概率是一样的,当量子信道处于最大纠缠态时,可以得到最大的成功概率。     

Electronic Entanglement Concentration for the Concatenated Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger State

Concatenated Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (C-GHZ) state, which encodes many physical qubits in a logic qubit will have important applications in both quantum communication and computation. In this paper, we will describe an entanglement concentration protocol (ECP) for electronic C-GHZ state, by exploiting the electronic polarization beam splitters (PBSs) and charge detection. This protocol has several advantages. First, the parties do not need to know the exact coefficients of the initial less-entangled C-GHZ state, which makes this protocol feasible. Second, with the help of charge detection, the distilled maximally entangled C-GHZ state can be remained for future application. Third, this protocol can be repeated to obtain a higher success probability. We hope that this protocol can be useful in future quantum computation based on electrons.     

Consequent entanglement concentration of a less-entangled electronic cluster state with controlled-not gates

We present a highly efficient entanglement concentration protocol （ECP） for a four-electron system in a less-entangled cluster state. In this ECP, we only require one pair of less-entangled electron cluster states and one ancillary electron to complete the task. With the help of the controlled-not （CNOT） gate, the concentrated maximally entangled state can be retained for further application with some success probability. On the other hand, the discarded items can be reused to obtain a high success probability. All the features make this ECP useful in the current quantum information field.     

Classical Communication Cost and Remote Preparation of the Two-Atom Maximally Entangled State

We present a protocol for probabilistic remote preparation of the two-atom maximally entangled state using a four-atom GHZ entangled state as the quantum channel. The two-atom maximally entangled state can be successfully prepared between two distant parties with a success probability of 100%. The successful total probability and classical communication cost are calculated.     

Probabilistic Teleportation of Three-Qubit Entangled State via Five-qubit Cluster State

A scheme for probabilistic teleportation of an unknown three-qubit entangled state via a five-qubit non-maximally entangled cluster state as quantum channel is proposed. In this scheme, the sender performs two Bell state and a single-qubit measurements on the qubits, the receiver can reconstruct the original state with a certain probability by making appropriate unitary transformations and controlled-not (C-not) operations. As a result, the probability of successful teleportation is determined by the smallest two of the coefficients’ absolute values of the cluster state. The considerable advantage of our scheme is that we employ a non-maximally entangled cluster state as quantum channel in the scheme, which can greatly reduce the amount of entanglement resources and need less classical bits.