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Toward a more economical cluster state quantum computation
We assess the effects of an intrinsic model for imperfections in cluster
states by introducing {\it noisy cluster states} and characterizing their role
in the one-way model for quantum computation. The action of individual
dephasing channels on cluster qubits is also studied. We show that the effect
of non-idealities is limited by using small clusters, which requires compact
schemes for computation. In light of this, we address an experimentally
realizable four-qubit linear cluster which simulates a controlled-{\sf NOT}
({\sf CNOT}).Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, RevTeX4; proposal for experimental setup include
High purity bright single photon source
Using cavity-enhanced non-degenerate parametric downconversion, we have built
a frequency tunable source of heralded single photons with a narrow bandwidth
of 8 MHz, making it compatible with atomic quantum memories. The photon state
is 70% pure single photon as characterized by a tomographic measurement and
reconstruction of the quantum state, revealing a clearly negative Wigner
function. Furthermore, it has a spectral brightness of ~1,500 photons/s per MHz
bandwidth, making it one of the brightest single photon sources available. We
also investigate the correlation function of the down-converted fields using a
combination of two very distinct detection methods; photon counting and
homodyne measurement.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures; minor changes, added referenc
Photon echo quantum memory with complete use of natural inhomogeneous broadening
The photon echo quantum memory is based on a controlled rephasing of the
atomic coherence excited by signal light field in the inhomogeneously broadened
resonant line. Here, we propose a novel active mechanism of the atomic
rephasing which provides a perfect retrieval of the stored light field in the
photon echo quantum memory for arbitrary initial inhomogeneous broadening of
the resonant line. It is shown that the rephasing mechanism can exploit all
resonant atoms which maximally increases an optical depth of the resonant
transition that is one of the critical parameters for realization of highly
efficient quantum memory. We also demonstrate that the rephasing mechanism can
be used for various realizations of the photon echo quantum memory that opens a
wide road for its practical realization.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Monotonicity of quantum relative entropy revisited
Monotonicity under coarse-graining is a crucial property of the quantum
relative entropy. The aim of this paper is to investigate the condition of
equality in the monotonicity theorem and in its consequences such as the strong
sub-additivity of the von Neumann entropy, the Golden-Thompson trace inequality
and the monotonicity of the Holevo quantity.The relation to quantum Markovian
states is briefly indicated.Comment: 13 pages, LATEX fil
Kochen-Specker theorem as a precondition for secure quantum key distribution
We show that (1) the violation of the Ekert 91 inequality is a sufficient
condition for certification of the Kochen-Specker (KS) theorem, and (2) the
violation of the Bennett-Brassard-Mermin 92 (BBM) inequality is, also, a
sufficient condition for certification of the KS theorem. Therefore the success
in each QKD protocol reveals the nonclassical feature of quantum theory, in the
sense that the KS realism is violated. Further, it turned out that the Ekert
inequality and the BBM inequality are depictured by distillable entanglement
witness inequalities. Here, we connect the success in these two key
distribution processes into the no-hidden-variables theorem and into witness on
distillable entanglement. We also discuss the explicit difference between the
KS realism and Bell's local realism in the Hilbert space formalism of quantum
theory.Comment: 4 pages, To appear in Phys. Rev.
Error Analysis For Encoding A Qubit In An Oscillator
In the paper titled "Encoding A Qubit In An Oscillator" Gottesman, Kitaev,
and Preskill [quant-ph/0008040] described a method to encode a qubit in the
continuous Hilbert space of an oscillator's position and momentum variables.
This encoding provides a natural error correction scheme that can correct
errors due to small shifts of the position or momentum wave functions (i.e.,
use of the displacement operator). We present bounds on the size of correctable
shift errors when both qubit and ancilla states may contain errors. We then use
these bounds to constrain the quality of input qubit and ancilla states.Comment: 5 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Physical Review
The Jamio{\l}kowski isomorphism and a conceptionally simple proof for the correspondence between vectors having Schmidt number and -positive maps
Positive maps which are not completely positive are used in quantum
information theory as witnesses for convex sets of states, in particular as
entanglement witnesses and more generally as witnesses for states having
Schmidt number not greater than k. It is known that such witnesses are related
to k-positive maps. In this article we propose a new proof for the
correspondence between vectors having Schmidt number k and k-positive maps
using Jamiolkowski's criterion for positivity of linear maps; to this aim, we
also investigate the precise notion of the term "Jamiolkowski isomorphism". As
consequences of our proof we get the Jamiolkowski criterion for complete
positivity, and we find a special case of a result by Choi, namely that
k-positivity implies complete positivity, if k is the dimension of the smaller
one of the Hilbert spaces on which the operators act.Comment: 9 page
Distance measures to compare real and ideal quantum processes
With growing success in experimental implementations it is critical to
identify a "gold standard" for quantum information processing, a single measure
of distance that can be used to compare and contrast different experiments. We
enumerate a set of criteria such a distance measure must satisfy to be both
experimentally and theoretically meaningful. We then assess a wide range of
possible measures against these criteria, before making a recommendation as to
the best measures to use in characterizing quantum information processing.Comment: 15 pages; this version in line with published versio
Overcoming a limitation of deterministic dense coding with a non-maximally entangled initial state
Under two-party deterministic dense-coding, Alice communicates (perfectly
distinguishable) messages to Bob via a qudit from a pair of entangled qudits in
pure state |Psi>. If |Psi> represents a maximally entangled state (i.e., each
of its Schmidt coefficients is sqrt(1/d)), then Alice can convey to Bob one of
d^2 distinct messages. If |Psi> is not maximally entangled, then Ji et al.
[Phys. Rev. A 73, 034307 (2006)] have shown that under the original
deterministic dense-coding protocol, in which messages are encoded by unitary
operations performed on Alice's qudit, it is impossible to encode d^2-1
messages. Encoding d^2-2 is possible; see, e.g., the numerical studies by Mozes
et al. [Phys. Rev. A 71, 012311 (2005)]. Answering a question raised by Wu et
al. [Phys. Rev. A 73, 042311 (2006)], we show that when |Psi> is not maximally
entangled, the communications limit of d^2-2 messages persists even when the
requirement that Alice encode by unitary operations on her qudit is weakened to
allow encoding by more general quantum operators. We then describe a
dense-coding protocol that can overcome this limitation with high probability,
assuming the largest Schmidt coefficient of |Psi> is sufficiently close to
sqrt(1/d). In this protocol, d^2-2 of the messages are encoded via unitary
operations on Alice's qudit, and the final (d^2-1)-th message is encoded via a
(non-trace-preserving) quantum operation.Comment: 18 pages, published versio
Teleportation of two-mode squeezed states
We consider two-mode squeezed states which are parametrized by the squeezing
parameter and the phase. We present a scheme for teleporting such entangled
states of continuous variables from Alice to Bob. Our protocol is
operationalized through the creation of a four-mode entangled state shared by
Alice and Bob using linear amplifiers and beam splitters. Teleportation of the
entangled state proceeds with local operations and the classical communication
of four bits. We compute the fidelity of teleportation and find that it
exhibits a trade-off with the magnitude of entanglement of the resultant
teleported state.Comment: Revtex, 5 pages, 3 eps figures, accepted for publication in Phys.
Rev.
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