Three-Party Quantum State Sharing of an Arbitrary Unknown Two-Qubit State Based on Entanglement Swapping and Bell-State Measurements

We propose a scheme for sharing an arbitrary unknown two-qubit state among three parties by using afour-qubit cluster-class state and a Bell state as a quantum channel With a quantum controlled phase gate (QCPG)operation and a local unitary operation,any one of the two agents has the access to reconstruct the original state ifhe/she collaborates with the other one,whilst individual agent obtains no information.As all quantum resource canbe used to carry the useful information,the intrinsic efficiency of qubits approaches the maximal value.Moreover,thepresent scheme is more feasible with present-day technique.

Implementation of nonlocal Bell-state measurement and quantum information transfer with weak Kerr nonlinearity

We propose a protocol to implement the nonlocal Bell-state measurement, which is nearly determinate with the help of weak cross-Kerr nonlinearities and quantum non-destructive photon number resolving detection. Based on the nonlocal Bell-state measurement, we implement the quantum information transfer from one place to another. The process is different from conventional teleportation but can be regarded as a novel form of teleportation without entangled channel and classic communication.

Teleportation of an Unknown Atomic Entangled State Without Any Joint Bell-state Measurement via a Cluster State

An experimentally feasible scheme for teleportation of an unknown two-atom entangled state is proposed. Our scheme uses a duster state as the quantum channel, where we do not need any joint Bell-state measurement. Moreover the successful probability and fidelity of teleportation can both reach 1.0. The current scheme can be realized within the current experimental technology.

One-step quantum dialogue

Quantum dialogue(QD)enables two communication parties to directly exchange secret messages simultaneously.In conventional QD protocols,photons need to transmit in the quantum channel for two rounds.In this paper,we propose a one-step QD protocol based on the hyperentanglement.With the help of the non-local hyperentanglement-assisted Bell state measurement(BSM),the photons only need to transmit in the quantum channel once.We prove that our one-step QD protocol is secure in theory and numerically simulate its secret message capacity under practical experimental condition.Compared with previous QD protocols,the one-step QD protocol can effectively simplify the experiment operations and reduce the message loss caused by the photon transmission loss.Meanwhile,the non-local hyperentanglement-assisted BSM has a success probability of 100%and is feasible with linear optical elements.Moreover,combined with the hyperentanglement heralded amplification and purification,our protocol is possible to realize long-distance one-step QD.

Teleportation for an Unknown Entangled State Without Any Joint Measurement via Josephson Charge Qubits

An experimentally feasible scheme for teleportation of an arbitrary unknown entangled state is proposed. Our scheme is based on Josephson charge qubits, where we do not need any joint measurement. Moreover the successful probability and fidelity of the teleportation can both reach 1.0. The current scheme can be realized within the current experimental technology.

Quantum Key Distribution Using Four-Qubit W State

A new theoretical quantum key distribution scheme based on entanglement swapping is proposed, where four-qubit symmetric W state functions as quantum channel. It is shown that two legitimate users can secretly share a series of key bits by using Bell-state measurements and classical communication.

Quantum Information Splitting of an Arbitrary Three-Qubit State by Using Cluster States and Bell States

A new application of cluster states is investigated for quantum information splitting （QIS） of an arbitrary three-qubit state. In our scheme, a four-qubit cluster state and a Bell state are shared by a sender （Alice）, a controller （Charlie）, and a receiver （Bob）. Both the sender and controller only need to perform Bell-state measurements （BSMs）, the receiver can reconstruct the arbitrary three-qubit state by performing some appropriately unitary transformations on his qubits after he knows the measured results of both the sender and the controller. This QIS scheme is deterministic.

Quantum state transfer via adiabatic passage

Based on adiabatic passage, we propose a scheme for implementing the quantum transfer of an unknown atomic state. In our scheme, we utilize photons for ideal quantum transmission between two cavities with the successful probability being about 1. Meanwhile, the scheme is robust against the effects of atomic spontaneous emission. It may be useful for transferring quantum information among spatially distant atoms.

Generalized Quantum Two-Qutrit-State Splitting

A three-party scheme for splitting an arbitrary unknown two-qutrit state is proposed,where two non-maximally-entangled three-qutrit states are taken as the quantum channel among three parties.With the sender'shelp,if and only if both receivers collaborate together,they can securely share the quantum state in a probabilisticway by introducing an ancilla qutrit and performing appropriate unitary operations.The relation between the successprobability and coefficients characterizing the quantum channel is revealed.The security of the present scheme is analyzedand confirmed.Moreover,the generalization of the three-party scheme to more-party case is also sketched.

A New Quantum Communication Scheme by Using Bell States

A new quantum communication scheme based on entanglement swapping is presented. Simplified calculation symbols are adopted to realize the process. Quantum key distribution and quantum secure direct communication can be simultaneously accomplished in the scheme. Two legitimate communicators can secretly share four certain key bits and four random key bits via three EPR pairs （quantum channels）.

Controlled quantum state sharing of arbitrary two-qubit states with five-qubit cluster states

In this paper, we propose a controlled quantum state sharing scheme to share an arbitrary two-qubit state using a five-qubit cluster state and the Bell state measurement. In this scheme, the five-qubit cluster state is shared by a sender （Alice）, a controller （Charlie）, and a receiver （Bob）, and the sender only needs to perform the Bell-state measurements on her particles during the quantum state sharing process, the controller performs a single-qubit projective measurement on his particles, then the receiver can reconstruct the arbitrary two-qubit state by performing some appropriate unitary transformations on his particles after he has known the measured results of the sender and the controller.

Heterogeneously integrated,superconducting silicon-photonic platform for measurementdevice-independent quantum key distribution

Integrated photonics provides a route to both miniaturization of quantum key distribution(QKD)devices and enhancing their performance.A key element for achieving discrete-variable QKD is a singlephoton detector.It is highly desirable to integrate detectors onto a photonic chip to enable the realization of practical and scalable quantum networks.We realize a heterogeneously integrated,superconducting silicon-photonic chip.Harnessing the unique high-speed feature of our optical waveguide-integrated superconducting detector,we perform the first optimal Bell-state measurement(BSM)of time-bin encoded qubits generated from two independent lasers.The optimal BSM enables an increased key rate of measurement-device-independent QKD(MDI-QKD),which is immune to all attacks against the detection system and hence provides the basis for a QKD network with untrusted relays.Together with the timemultiplexed technique,we have enhanced the sifted key rate by almost one order of magnitude.With a 125-MHz clock rate,we obtain a secure key rate of 6.166 kbps over 24.0 dB loss,which is comparable to the state-of-the-art MDI-QKD experimental results with a GHz clock rate.Combined with integrated QKD transmitters,a scalable,chip-based,and cost-effective QKD network should become realizable in the near future.

Quantum secure direct communication with hybrid entanglement

Quantum secure direct communication(QSDC)can transmit secret messages without keys,making it an important branch of quantum communication.We present a hybrid entanglement-based quantum secure direct communication(HE-QSDC)protocol with simple linear optical elements,combining the benefits of both continuous variables(CV)and discrete variables(DV)encoding.We analyze the security and find that the QSDC protocol has a positive security capacity when the bit error rate is less than 0.073.Compared with previous DV QSDC protocols,our protocol has higher communication efficiency due to performing nearly deterministic Bell-state measurement.On the other hand,compared with CV QSDC protocol,this protocol has higher fidelity with largeα.Based on these advantages,our protocol may provide an alternative approach to realize secure communication.

利用腔QED实现无Bell基测量的经济相位传输克隆

提出一种利用腔QED技术,实现无Bell基测量的经济相位传输克隆方案.该方案主要是基于原子和腔共振模型,其主要优点为:(1)由于利用了原子的共振,使整个过程所需时间大大缩短;(2)不需要任何的单比特原子旋转操作,实验装备较简单.在当前的实验技术条件下,该方案是可以实现的.

Teleportation of Atomic States in a Vacuum-Induced Environment

We present a scheme for teleporting atomic state through a dissipative quantum channel induced by spontaneous emission and investigate the destructive effect of the atomic decay on the success probability and the fidelity of teleportation associated to different channels. It is found that there exists an optimal channel to realize faithful teleportation.

Criterion and flexibility of operation difficulty for perfect teleportation of arbitrary n-qutrit state with (n:n)-qutrit pure state

Under the preconditions that a (n:n)-qutrit pure state is taken as the quantum channel to teleport an arbitrary n-qutrit state and the sender is able to perform generalized-Bell-state measurements and publish the results, the necessary transformation operation in the receiver's site is worked out in terms of the technique of swapping states. A criterion on whether such quantum channel can be utilized for perfect teleportation is derived by virtue of the unitarity of the resultant transformation operator. Moreover, the flexibility between the measurement difficulty and the reconstruction difficulty is shown and discussed.