16 research outputs found
Continuous variable noise-free states in correlated quantum noisy channels
We explicitly compute the evolution of the density operator of a two-mode
electromagnetic field when the influence of the thermal fluctuation of the
vacuum is common for both modes. From this result, we give an example in which
the bundle of quantum noisy channels turns out to be noiseless for the special
type of signal states due to the correlation.Comment: revtex4, no figures, The Seventh International Conference on Quantum
Communication, Measurement and Computing, Glasgow, UK, from 25th to 29th July
2004. To appear in the AIP Conference Proceeding
Quantum teleportation scheme by selecting one of multiple output ports
The scheme of quantum teleportation, where Bob has multiple (N) output ports
and obtains the teleported state by simply selecting one of the N ports, is
thoroughly studied. We consider both deterministic version and probabilistic
version of the teleportation scheme aiming to teleport an unknown state of a
qubit. Moreover, we consider two cases for each version: (i) the state employed
for the teleportation is fixed to a maximally entangled state, and (ii) the
state is also optimized as well as Alice's measurement. We analytically
determine the optimal protocols for all the four cases, and show the
corresponding optimal fidelity or optimal success probability. All these
protocols can achieve the perfect teleportation in the asymptotic limit of
. The entanglement properties of the teleportation scheme are also
discussed.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figure
Optimal dense coding with mixed state entanglement
I investigate dense coding with a general mixed state on the Hilbert space
shared between a sender and receiver. The following result
is proved. When the sender prepares the signal states by mutually orthogonal
unitary transformations with equal {\it a priori} probabilities, the capacity
of dense coding is maximized. It is also proved that the optimal capacity of
dense coding satisfies , where is the relative entropy of entanglement of
the shared entangled state.Comment: Revised. To appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. (Special Issue: Quantum
Information and Computation). LaTeX2e (iopart.cls), 8 pages, no figure
Experimental investigation of pulsed entangled photons and photonic quantum channels
The development of key devices and systems in quantum information technology,
such as entangled particle sources, quantum gates and quantum cryptographic
systems, requires a reliable and well-established method for characterizing how
well the devices or systems work. We report our recent work on experimental
characterization of pulsed entangled photonic states and photonic quantum
channels, using the methods of state and process tomography. By using state
tomography, we could reliably evaluate the states generated from a two-photon
source under development and develop a highly entangled pulsed photon source.
We are also devoted to characterization of single-qubit and two-qubit photonic
quantum channels. Characterization of typical single-qubit decoherence channels
has been demonstrated using process tomography. Characterization of two-qubit
channels, such as classically correlated channels and quantum mechanically
correlated channels is under investigation. These characterization techniques
for quantum states and quantum processes will be useful for developing photonic
quantum devices and for improving their performances.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, in Quantum Optics in Computing and
Communications, Songhao Liu, Guangcan Guo, Hoi-Kwong Lo, Nobuyuki Imoto,
Eds., Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4917, pp.13-24 (2002
Additivity and multiplicativity properties of some Gaussian channels for Gaussian inputs
We prove multiplicativity of maximal output norm of classical noise
channels and thermal noise channels of arbitrary modes for all under the
assumption that the input signal states are Gaussian states. As a direct
consequence, we also show the additivity of the minimal output entropy and that
of the energy-constrained Holevo capacity for those Gaussian channels under
Gaussian inputs. To the best of our knowledge, newly discovered majorization
relation on symplectic eigenvalues, which is also of independent interest,
plays a central role in the proof.Comment: 9 pages, no figures. Published Versio