Sequential Quantum Secret Sharing Using a Single Qudit

In this paper we propose a novel and efficient quantum secret sharing protocol using d-level single particle,which it can realize a general access structure via the thought of concatenation. In addition, Our scheme includes all advantages of Tavakoli's scheme [Phys. Rev. A 92 (2015) 030302(R)]. In contrast to Tavakoli's scheme, the efficiency of our scheme is 1 for the same situation, and the access structure is more general and has advantages in practical significance. Furthermore, we also analyze the security of our scheme in the primary quantum attacks.     

Sharing a Qudit State by Using Bell States Channel

We propose a tripartite scheme for sharing a ququart pure state by using three Bell states as the quantum channel. The scheme is then generalized to qudit state case. We also show that this scheme is applicable to sharing any multi-qudit entangled states.     

A definition of Gibbs state for a compact set with Z v action

The definition of Gibbs states used in the equilibrium statistical mechanics of lattice spin systems is extended to apply to a compact metrizable space, where Z ^v acts by an expansive group of homeomorphisms.     

Preselection with certainty of photons in a singlet state from a set of independent photons

It is shown that one canpreselect with certainty photons in the singlet state from a set of completely unpolarized and independent photons which did not in any way directly interact with each other-without in any way affecting them. The result is based on an experiment which puts together two unpolarized photons from two independent singlet pairs, making them interfere in the fourth order at a beam splitter so as to preselect the singlet state of the other two photons from the pairs, although no polarization measurement has been carried out on the photons coming out from the beam splitter. One can obtain the expectation value for the correlated state of the former two unpolarized photons in the Hilbert space and therefore write down the singlet state for them, but one apparently cannotinfer the state within the Hilbert space. This might suggest that the Hilbert space is not amaximal model for quantum measurements.     

Two-parameter estimation with three-mode NOON state in a symmetric triple-well potential

We propose a scheme to realize two-parameter estimation via Bose–Einstein condensates confined in a symmetric triple-well potential. The three-mode NOON state is prepared adiabatically as the initial state. The two parameters to be estimated are the phase differences between the wells. The sensitivity of this estimation scheme is studied by comparing quantum and classical Fisher information matrices. As a result, we find an optimal particle number measurement method. Moreover, the precision of this estimation scheme means that the Heisenberg scaling behaves under the optimal measurement.     

Universal set of quantum gates for double-dot spin qubits with fixed interdot coupling

We propose a set of universal gate operations for the singlet-triplet qubit realized by two-electron spins in a double quantum dot, in the presence of a fixed inhomogeneous magnetic field. All gate operations are achieved by switching the potential offset between the two dots with an electrical bias, and do not require time-dependent control of the tunnel coupling between the dots. We analyze the two-electron dynamics and calculate the effective qubit rotation angle as a function of the applied electric bias. We present explicit gate sequences for single-qubit rotations about two orthogonal axes, and a CNOT gate sequence, completing the universal gate set.     

Experimental demonstration of coherent state estimation with minimal disturbance

We investigate the optimal trade-off between information gained about an unknown coherent state and the state disturbance caused by the measurement process. We propose several optical schemes that can enable this task, and we implement one of them, a scheme that relies on only linear optics and homodyne detection. Experimentally we reach near optimal performance, limited only by detection inefficiencies. In addition, we show that such a scheme can be used to enhance the transmission fidelity of a class of noisy channels.     

Controlled Teleportation of a Qudit State by Partially Entangled GHZ States

In this paper, we propose a controlled teleportation scheme which communicates an arbitrary ququart state via two sets of partially entangled GHZ state. The necessary measurements and operations are given detailedly. Furthmore the scheme is generalized to teleport a qudit state via s sets of partially entangled GHZ state.     

Separability and Entanglement of the Qudit X-State with j = 3/2

We study the qudit state with spin j = 3/2 and the density matrix of the form corresponding to the X state of two qubits and consider the entanglement and separability properties. We use the qubit portrait of qudit states to obtain the entropic inequalities for the entangled state of a single qudit. We present the tomographic-probability representation of the qudit X-state and obtain the Shannon and q entropic characteristics in explicit forms.     

Practical global oceanic state estimation

The problem of oceanographic state estimation, by means of an ocean general circulation model (GCM) and a multitude of observations, is described and contrasted with the meteorological process of data assimilation. In practice, all such methods reduce, on the computer, to forms of least-squares. The global oceanographic problem is at the present time focussed primarily on smoothing, rather than forecasting, and the data types are unlike meteorological ones. As formulated in the consortium Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO), an automatic differentiation tool is used to calculate the so-called adjoint code of the GCM, and the method of Lagrange multipliers used to render the problem one of unconstrained least-squares minimization. Major problems today lie less with the numerical algorithms (least-squares problems can be solved by many means) than with the issues of data and model error. Results of ongoing calculations covering the period of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, and including among other data, satellite altimetry from TOPEX/POSEIDON, Jason-1, ERS- 1/2, ENVISAT, and GFO, a global array of profiling floats from the Argo program, and satellite gravity data from the GRACE mission, suggest that the solutions are now useful for scientific purposes. Both methodology and applications are developing in a number of different directions.     

Tomographic and Improved Subadditivity Conditions for Two Qubits and a Qudit with j = 3/2

We obtain a new entropic inequality for quantum and tomographic Shannon information for systems of two qubits. We derive the inequality relating quantum information and spin-tomographic information for particles with spin j = 3/2. We recommend the method for obtaining new entropic and information inequalities for composite systems of qudits, as well as for one qudit.     

Concurrence and Negativity as a Family of Two Measures Elaborated for Pure Qudit States

We investigate entangled states of an atomic trapped ion interacting with two phonons in the Λ configuration forming a twelve-dimensional Hilbert space. We study two elaborated measures, namely, the concurrence C and negativity N, which are important in current theoretical studies. Therefore, we work with the three-dimensional reduced density matrix in calculating the measures elaborated for pure qudit states in the ionic–phononic system. To demonstrate the benefits of the family of the two measures elaborated, we perform the calculations for different values of the Lamb–Dicke (LD) parameter η = 0.01, 0.3, and 0.5. Finally, we show that the pure qudit states under study are maximum entangled states.     

考虑内阻时变特性的电池状态估计方法

针对锂离子电池欧姆内阻随温度变化情况,提出了一种考虑内阻时变特性的两步无迹H∞滤波锂电池状态估计方法。首先,对锂电池和内阻抗进行分开建模,在电池Thevenin模型的基础上构建内阻抗预测模型,实时修正模型参量;接着,将无迹变换嵌入到扩展H∞滤波中,降低测量噪声对估计精度的扰动,从而提高电池荷电状态的估计精度。最后,在实验室环境下对电池进行充放电实验,分别针对降温和升温情况下的内阻值及电池端电压的估计进行了详细的实验分析,同传统方法相比,本文方法具有较高的估计精度。     

Quantum multiparameter estimation with multi-mode photon catalysis entangled squeezed state

We propose a method to generate the multi-mode entangled catalysis squeezed vacuum states (MECSVS) by embedding the cross-Kerr nonlinear medium into the Mach−Zehnder interferometer. This method realizes the exchange of quantum states between different modes based on Fredkin gate. In addition, we study the MECSVS as the probe state of multi-arm optical interferometer to realize multi-phase simultaneous estimation. The results show that the quantum Cramer−Rao bound (QCRB) of phase estimation can be improved by increasing the number of catalytic photons or decreasing the transmissivity of the optical beam splitter using for photon catalysis. In addition, we also show that even if there is photon loss, the QCRB of our photon catalysis scheme is lower than that of the ideal entangled squeezed vacuum states (ESVS), which shows that by performing the photon catalytic operation is more robust against photon loss than that without the catalytic operation. The results here can find applications in quantum metrology for multiparatmeter estimation.     

Two-qubit pure state tomography by five product orthonormal bases

In this paper, we focus on two-qubit pure state tomography. For an arbitrary unknown two-qubit pure state, separable or entangled, it has been found that the measurement probabilities of 16 projections onto the tensor products of Pauli eigenstates are enough to uniquely determine the state. Moreover, these corresponding product states are arranged into five orthonormal bases. We design five quantum circuits, which are decomposed into the common gates in universal quantum computation, to simulate the five projective measurements onto these bases. At the end of each circuit, we measure each qubit with the projective measurement {|00 |,|1,1| }. Then, we consider the open problem whether three orthonormal bases are enough to distinguish all two-qubit pure states. A necessary condition is given. Suppose that there are three orthonormal bases {B_1,B_2,B_3}. Denote the unitary transition matrices from B_1 to {B_2,B_3 } as U1 and U2. All 32 elements of matrices U_1 and U_2 should not be zero. If not, these three bases cannot distinguish all two-qubit pure states.     

Asymptotic quantum cloning is state estimation

The impossibility of perfect cloning and state estimation are two fundamental results in quantum mechanics. It has been conjectured that quantum cloning becomes equivalent to state estimation in the asymptotic regime where the number of clones tends to infinity. We prove this conjecture using two known results of quantum information theory: the monogamy of quantum correlations and the properties of entanglement breaking channels.     

Hedged maximum likelihood quantum state estimation

This Letter proposes and analyzes a new method for quantum state estimation, called hedged maximum likelihood (HMLE). HMLE is a quantum version of Lidstone's law, also known as the "add β" rule. A straightforward modification of maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), it can be used as a plug-in replacement for MLE. The HMLE estimate is a strictly positive density matrix, slightly less likely than the ML estimate, but with much better behavior for predictive tasks. Single-qubit numerics indicate that HMLE beats MLE, according to several metrics, for nearly all "true" states. For nearly pure states, MLE does slightly better, but neither method is optimal.     

Invariant information and quantum state estimation

The invariant information, introduced by C. Brukner and A. Zeilinger [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3354 (1999)], is reconsidered from the point of view of quantum state estimation. We show that this quantity is directly related to the mean error of the standard reconstruction from the measurement of a complete set of mutually complementary observables. We give its generalization in terms of the Fisher information. Provided that the optimum reconstruction is adopted, the information loses its invariant character.