227 research outputs found
Optimal continuous-variable teleportation under energy constraint
Quantum teleportation is one of the crucial protocols in quantum information
processing. It is important to accomplish an efficient teleportation under
practical conditions, aiming at a higher fidelity desirably using fewer
resources. The continuous-variable (CV) version of quantum teleportation was
first proposed using a Gaussian state as a quantum resource, while other
attempts were also made to improve performance by applying non-Gaussian
operations. We investigate the CV teleportation to find its ultimate fidelity
under energy constraint identifying an optimal quantum state. For this purpose,
we present a formalism to evaluate teleportation fidelity as an expectation
value of an operator. Using this formalism, we prove that the optimal state
must be a form of photon-number entangled states. We further show that Gaussian
states are near-optimal while non-Gaussian states make a slight improvement and
therefore are rigorously optimal, particularly in the low-energy regime.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, published versio
Continuous-variable dense coding via a general Gaussian state: Monogamy relation
We study a continuous variable (CV) dense-coding protocol, originally
proposed to employ a two-mode squeezed state, using a general two-mode Gaussian
state as a quantum channel. We particularly obtain conditions to manifest
quantum advantage by beating two well-known single-mode schemes, namely, the
squeezed-state scheme (best Gaussian scheme) and the number-state scheme
(optimal scheme achieving the Holevo bound). We then extend our study to a
multipartite Gaussian state and investigate the monogamy of operational
entanglement measured by the communication capacity under the dense-coding
protocol. We show that this operational entanglement represents a strict
monogamy relation, by means of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle among
different parties, i.e., the quantum advantage for communication can be
possible for only one pair of two-mode systems among many parties
Gaussian benchmark for optical communication aiming towards ultimate capacity
We establish the fundamental limit of communication capacity within Gaussian
schemes under phase-insensitive Gaussian channels, which employ multimode
Gaussian states for encoding and collective Gaussian operations and
measurements for decoding. We prove that this Gaussian capacity is additive,
i.e., its upper bound occurs with separable encoding and separable receivers so
that a single-mode communication suffices to achieve the largest capacity under
Gaussian schemes. This rigorously characterizes the gap between the ultimate
Holevo capacity and the capacity within Gaussian communication, showing that
Gaussian regime is not sufficient to achieve the Holevo bound particularly in
the low-photon regime. Furthermore the Gaussian benchmark established here can
be used to critically assess the performance of non-Gaussian protocols for
optical communication. We move on to identify non-Gaussian schemes to beat the
Gaussian capacity and show that a non-Gaussian receiver recently implemented by
Becerra et al. [Nat. Photon. 7, 147 (2013)] can achieve this aim with an
appropriately chosen encoding strategy.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures, with supplemental materia
Single-photon quantum nonlocality: Violation of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt inequality using feasible measurement setups
We investigate quantum nonlocality of a single-photon entangled state under
feasible measurement techniques consisting of on-off and homodyne detections
along with unitary operations of displacement and squeezing. We test for a
potential violation of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) inequality, in
which each of the bipartite party has a freedom to choose between 2 measurement
settings, each measurement yielding a binary outcome. We find that
single-photon quantum nonlocality can be detected when two or less of the 4
total measurements are carried out by homodyne detection. The largest violation
of the CHSH inequality is obtained when all four measurements are
squeezed-and-displaced on-off detections. We test robustness of violations
against imperfections in on-off detectors and single-photon sources, finding
that the squeezed-and-displaced measurement schemes perform better than the
displacement-only measurement schemes.Comment: 7+ pages, 7 figures, 1 table, close to published versio
Is the Repeal of Net Neutrality a Necessary Evil? An Empirical Analysis of Net Neutrality and Cybercrime
While net neutrality guarantees equal access to the Internet and online content, it serves as a limiting factor in identifying and tracking criminal activities in cyberspace by ensuring that data packet is transmitted with equal priority, irrespective of its source and content. Exploiting a natural experiment in which net neutrality policies were officially repealed in 2018 in the United States, this study examines the impact of net neutrality on the occurrence of cybercrime. Our findings suggest that the repeal of net neutrality is negatively associated with the occurrence of malicious code and content in an attempt to compromise computer systems (e.g., malware and ransomware). In contrast, we do not find any significant relationship with cybercrime victimization, and cybercrime that may subsequently occur in compromised systems (e.g., data breaches and denial-of-service attacks). This study provides novel insights into the role of net neutrality and open Internet toward the preventive cybersecurity paradigm
Returns to Cloud Computing Investments: The Role of Environmental Uncertainty
Although a substantial portion of IT spending has shifted to the cloud, empirical evidence on economic value of cloud computing is lacking. This study examines the effect of cloud computing on productivity and scrutinizes how its effect differs depending on environmental uncertainty. Using publicly available data on the product sales and the inter-industry purchase flows, we measure purchased cloud services in U.S. industries during 1997-2018 and distinguish between software-as-a-service (SaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). Employing a production function approach, our findings suggest that cloud computing investments do not always lead to productivity gains, but its effect varies by the level of environmental uncertainty. Specifically, while cloud computing contributes to productivity under high environmental uncertainty, it may have an adverse effect under stable environments. Further, this positive impact under uncertain environments is found to be driven mainly by IaaS, rather than SaaS. This study provides important implications on cloud computing investment strategies
SimFLE: Simple Facial Landmark Encoding for Self-Supervised Facial Expression Recognition in the Wild
One of the key issues in facial expression recognition in the wild (FER-W) is
that curating large-scale labeled facial images is challenging due to the
inherent complexity and ambiguity of facial images. Therefore, in this paper,
we propose a self-supervised simple facial landmark encoding (SimFLE) method
that can learn effective encoding of facial landmarks, which are important
features for improving the performance of FER-W, without expensive labels.
Specifically, we introduce novel FaceMAE module for this purpose. FaceMAE
reconstructs masked facial images with elaborately designed semantic masking.
Unlike previous random masking, semantic masking is conducted based on channel
information processed in the backbone, so rich semantics of channels can be
explored. Additionally, the semantic masking process is fully trainable,
enabling FaceMAE to guide the backbone to learn spatial details and contextual
properties of fine-grained facial landmarks. Experimental results on several
FER-W benchmarks prove that the proposed SimFLE is superior in facial landmark
localization and noticeably improved performance compared to the supervised
baseline and other self-supervised methods
Steering Criteria via Covariance Matrices of Local Observables in Arbitrary Dimensional Quantum Systems
We derive steerability criteria applicable for both finite and infinite
dimensional quantum systems using covariance matrices of local observables. We
show that these criteria are useful to detect a wide range of entangled states
particularly in high dimensional systems and that the Gaussian steering
criteria for general M x N-modes of continuous variables are obtained as a
special case. Extending from the approach of entanglement detection via
covariance matrices, our criteria are based on the local uncertainty principles
incorporating the asymmetric nature of steering scenario. Specifically, we
apply the formulation to the case of local orthogonal observables and obtain
some useful criteria that can be straightforwardly computable, and testable in
experiment, with no need for numerical optimization.Comment: 6 pages with further "Remarks" and "Acknowledgement" adde
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