11 research outputs found
Criteria for nonclassicality in the prepare-and-measure scenario
The authors derive a criteria to ascertain whether a quantum resource can lead to nonclassical behavior in a prepare and measure scenario, and use this result to show how nonclassicality can be activated by increasing the number of preparations or measurement
Quantum communication complexity beyond Bell nonlocality
Efficient distributed computing offers a scalable strategy for solving
resource-demanding tasks such as parallel computation and circuit optimisation.
Crucially, the communication overhead introduced by the allotment process
should be minimised -- a key motivation behind the communication complexity
problem (CCP). Quantum resources are well-suited to this task, offering clear
strategies that can outperform classical counterparts. Furthermore, the
connection between quantum CCPs and nonlocality provides an
information-theoretic insights into fundamental quantum mechanics. Here we
connect quantum CCPs with a generalised nonlocality framework -- beyond the
paradigmatic Bell's theorem -- by incorporating the underlying causal
structure, which governs the distributed task, into a so-called nonlocal hidden
variable model. We prove that a new class of communication complexity tasks can
be associated to Bell-like inequalities, whose violation is both necessary and
sufficient for a quantum gain. We experimentally implement a multipartite CCP
akin to the guess-your-neighbour-input scenario, and demonstrate a quantum
advantage when multipartite Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states are shared
among three users.Comment: 21 pages, 5 figure
Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger state generation with linear optical elements
We propose a scheme to probabilistically generate Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger states encoded on the path degree of freedom of three photons. These photons are totally independent from each other, having no direct interaction during the whole evolution of the protocol, which remarkably requires only linear optical devices to work and two extra ancillary photons to mediate the correlation. The efficacy of the method, which has potential application in distributed quantum computation and multiparty quantum communication, is analyzed in comparison with similar proposals reported in the recent literature. We also discuss the main error sources that limit the efficiency of the protocol in a real experiment and some interesting aspects about the mediator photons in connection with the concept of spatial nonlocality