Class of Unlockable Bound Entangled States and Their Applications

A class of unlockable bound entangled states and their applications are presented. They can be considered as quasi generalized Smolin states [Phys. Rev. A 63 （2001） 032306], which are the states of N ＋ N qubits. No pure entanglement can be distilled from this class of states by local quantum operations and classical communications. However, if certain parties group together, they become distillable. Although they are bound entangled states, they could be used to achieve some non-trivial tasks, such as quantum secret sharing shown in the study.     

Multiparticle Generalization of Remote State Preparation

We present a scheme for preparing remotely a three-particle pure entangled state via entanglement swapping,and then we directly generalize it to the multiparticle case. It is shown that by using N pairs of bipartite EPR states as the quantum channel, remote preparation of some specially chosen N-particle pure entangled states can be achieved faithfully with an N-particle orthonormal basis measurement and only N bits of classical information.     

Multiparticle Generalization of Remote State Preparation

We present a scheme for preparing remotely a three-particle pure entangled state via entanglement swapping,and then we directly generalize it to the multiparticle case. It is shown that by using N pairs of bipartite EPR states as the quantum channel, remote preparation of some specially chosen N-particle pure entangled states can be achieved faithfully with an N-particle orthonormal basis measurement and only N bits of classical information.     

Motional Quantum State Engineering Via a Single Laser-ion Interaction

We propose a scheme to prepare superpositions of several Fock states for the one-dimensional motion of a trapped ion. In the scheme the ion is simultaneously excited by N+1 laser beams, with the nth laser tuned to the　nth upper vibrational sideband. After a short interaction time, a measurement of the internal state may project the vibrational motion onto a superposition of the first N+1 Fock states. The scheme can be easily generalized to synthesize entangled states for the two-dimensional ion motion.     

Motional Quantum State Engineering Via a Single Laser-ion Interaction

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Efficient generation of large number-path entanglement using only linear optics and feed-forward

We show how an idealized measurement procedure can condense photons from two modes into one and how, by feeding forward the results of the measurement, it is possible to generate efficiently superposition states commonly called N00N states. For the basic procedure sources of number states leak onto a beam splitter, and the output ports are monitored by photodetectors. We find that detecting a fixed fraction of the input at one output port suffices to direct the remainder to the same port, with high probability, however large the initial state. When instead photons are detected at both ports, macroscopic quantum superposition states are produced. We describe a linear-optical circuit for making the components of such a state orthogonal, and another to convert the output to a N00N state. Our approach scales exponentially better than existing proposals. Important applications include quantum imaging and metrology.     

Probabilistic Controlled Teleportation of a Triplet W State with Combined Channel of Non-Maximally Entangled Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen and Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger States

A scheme for probabilistic controlled teleportation of a triplet W state using combined non-maximally entangled channel of two Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen （EPR） states and one Creenberger-Horne-Zeilinger （CHZ） state is proposed. In this scheme, an （m ＋ 2）-qubit CHZ state serves not only as the control parameter but also as the quantum channel. The m control qubits are shared by m supervisors. With the aid of local operations and individual measurements, including Bell-state measurement, Von Neumann measurement, and mutual classical communication etc., Bob can faithfully reconstruct the original state by performing relevant unitary transformations. The total probability of successful teleportation is only dependent on channel coefficients of EPR states and GHZ, independent of the number of supervisor m. This protocol can also be extended to probabilistic controlled teleportation of an arbitrary N-qubit state using combined non-maximally entangled channel of N- 1 EPR states and one （m ＋ 2）-qubit GHZ.     

Optimized double-well quantum interferometry with Gaussian squeezed states

A Mach-Zender interferometer with a Gaussian number-difference squeezed input state can exhibit sub-shot-noise phase resolution over a large phase interval. We derive the optimal level of squeezing for a given phase interval Deltatheta{0} and particle number N. We then propose an adaptive measurement sequence in which the amount of squeezing is increased with each measurement. With this scheme, any phase on (-Deltatheta{0},Deltatheta{0}) can be measured with a precision of 3.5/N, requiring only 2-4 measurements, provided only that Ntan(Deltatheta{0})<10{40}. In a double-well Bose-Einstein condensate, the optimized input states can be created by adiabatic manipulation of the ground state.     

Generation of GHZ States via Deterministic Entanglement Concentration

We present the generation of six-particle Greenberger Horne-Zeilinger （GHZ） states via deterministic entanglement concentration and generalize the scheme to the case of 2N particles. We show that arbitrary 2N-particle GHZ states can be obtained with certain probability via entanglement concentration. This may provide a new perspective for the preparation of multi-particle GHZ states. This study is also an exploration on the theory of deterministic entanglement concentration.     

Conditional displacement operator for traveling fields

We show that the conditional displacement operator acting upon arbitrary states of traveling waves can be well approximated by the action of a Kerr-medium placed between two beam splitters whose respective second ports are fed by highly excited coherent states. The scheme is deterministic, since it does not employ any detection event. Applications for generation of nonclassical states and measurement of Wigner function of arbitrary states are also considered.     

Optical Realization of Deterministic Entanglement Concentration of Polarized Photons

We propose a scheme for optical realization of deterministic entanglement concentration of polarized photons. To overcome the difficulty due to the lack of sufficiently strong interactions between photons, teleportation is employed to transfer the polarization states of two photons onto the path and polarization states of a third photon, which is made possible by the recent experimental realization of the deterministic and complete Bell state measurement. Then the required positive operator-valued measurement and further operations can be implemented deterministically by using a linear optical setup. All these are within the reach of current technology.     

Realization of Arbitrary Positive-Operator-Value Measurement of Single Atomic Qubit via Cavity QED

Positive-operator-value measurement （POVM） is the most general class of quantum measurement. We propose a scheme to deterministically implement arbitrary POVMs of single atomic qubit via cavity QED catalysed by only one ancilla atomic qubit. By appropriately entangling two atomic qubits and sequentially measuring the ancilla qubit, any POVM can be implemented step by step. As an application of our scheme, the realization of a specific POVM for optimal unambiguous discrimination （OUD） between two nonorthogonal states is given.     

Effect of Annealing Temperature on Structural and Optical Properties of N-Doped ZnO Films

Nitrogen-doped ZnO （ZnO：N） films are prepared by thermal oxidation of sputtered Zn3N2 layers on A1203 substrates. The correlation between the structural and optical properties of ZnO：N films and annealing temperatures is investigated. X-ray diffraction result demonstrates that the as-sputtered Zn3N2 films are transformed into ZnO：N films after annealing above 600℃. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy reveals that nitrogen has two chemical states in the ZnO：N films： the No acceptor and the double donor （N2）o. Due to the No acceptor, the hole concentration in the film annealed at 700℃ is predicted to be highest, which is also confirmed by Hall effect measurement. In addition, the temperature dependent photoluminescence spectra allow to calculate the nitrogen acceptor binding energy.     

Preparation of Entanglement of Atoms and of Photons via Cavity Input-Output Process

We propose a method to prepare multipartite entangled states such as cluster states and graph states based on the cavity input-output process and single photon measurement. Two quantum gates, a controlled phase gate and a fusion gate between two atoms trapped in respective cavities, are proposed to prepare atomic cluster states and graph states with one and two dimensions. We also introduce a scheme that can generate an arbitrary multipartite photon duster state which uses two coherent states as a qubit basis.     

Continuous Pump Assisted Conditional Synthesis of Nonclassical States in a Dispersive Cavity QED

The interaction of N identical atoms with both a quantized cavity field and an external classical pumpingfield with the fields being degenerate in frequency, is studied in the regime where the atoms and fields are highly detuned.This dispersive interaction can be used to generate coherent states for the cavity field. By preparing the injected atomsin a superposition of the bare atomic states, various types of Schrodinger-cat-like states may be generated.     

Energy convexity as a consequence of decoherence and pair-extensive interactions in many-electron systems

Using the concept of self-entanglement, through which a pure state constructed in an augmented Hilbert space can describe a mixed state and through which the effects of physical decoherence can be mapped onto systems separated by an infinite distance, with the role of environmental states assumed by system states in disjoint Hilbert spaces, we show that expectation values of Hamiltonians subscribing to decoherence and satisfying the condition of extensivity, defined in the text, obey the energy convexity relation. The analysis based on self-entanglement also leads to a surprising interpretation of the failure of the convexity relation for model Hamiltonians such as the Hubbard model: The failure is due to the existence of self-entangled states with lower energies than the ground state so that in such models decoherence, i.e., disentangling from the self-entangled states, would cost energy and disallow the observation of the state through measurement. The Hubbard model is discussed extensively in an appendix where we also discuss and resolve some of the counterarguments to the convexity relation that have been advanced in the literature.     

Chaotic time series prediction and additive white Gaussian noise

Taken's delay embedding theorem states that a pseudo state-space can be reconstructed from a time series consisting of observations of a chaotic process. However, experimental observations are inevitably corrupted by measurement noise, which can be modelled as Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN). This Letter analyses time series prediction in the presence of AWGN using the triangle inequality and the mean of the Nakagami distribution. It is shown that using more delay coordinates than those used by a typical delay embedding can improve prediction accuracy, when the mean magnitude of the input vector dominates the mean magnitude of AWGN.     

Two-photon spectral coherence matrix and characterization of multi-parameter entangled states

In this Letter we discuss how the classical coherence matrix can be generalized to describe the quantum properties of broadband two-photon entangled states. Procedures for experimental evaluation of two-photon matrix elements have been outlined. We illustrate how this formalism can be used for characterization of multi-parameter optical entanglement and discuss its possible applications in quantum optical measurement and quantum coherent control.     

Implement a measurement of GHZ entanglement for a multipartite system via cavity QED

We propose a scheme for implementing a measurement of GHZ entanglement for a multipartite system via cavity QED. In the scheme the atoms interact simultaneously with a highly detuned cavity mode with the assistant of a classical field. The scheme is insensitive to the cavity decay and the thermal field. A set of GHZ states can be exactly distinguished via detecting atomic state in a simple way.     

Tensor representation in teleportation and controlled teleportation

We propose the tensor representation of teleportation and controlled teleportation. By using this representation, it is easy to describe the process of teleporting an unknown N-qubit state via a genuine 2N-qubit channel, and to find the necessary and sufficient condition of realizing a successful teleportation (which is determined by the measurement matrix T^α and the quantum channel parameter matrix X). For controlled teleportation, if composing tensor representation with graph, one can easily design any kind of controlled teleportation. As examples, we give a scheme of symmetrically controlled teleportation of two-qubit states and a scheme of representative network controlled of three-qubit states. This method can also be generalized to the controlled teleportation of N-qubit states.