Bell inequality,separability and entanglement distillation

In this review,we introduce well-known Bell inequalities,the relations between the Bell inequality and quantum separability,and the entanglement distillation of quantum states.It is shown that any pure entangled quantum state violates one of Bell-like inequalities.Moreover,quantum states that violate any one of these Bell-like inequalities are shown to be distillable.New Bell inequalities that detect more entangled mixed states are also introduced.     

利用两能级原子与相干态腔场相互作用实现纠缠浓缩

根据大失谐条件下原子–腔场相互作用的特点,讨论了一个制备纠缠相干态的方法,提出了一个利用两能级原子与腔场相干态相互作用实现纠缠浓缩的方案。在这个方案中,2个具有相同振幅但有着π相位差的相干光|α〉和|-α〉构成的纠缠态光场被用来作为量子信道,通过利用两能级原子与腔场的相互作用以及两模正交态测量实现了这个纠缠浓缩的过程。结果表明:对于纠缠相干态,无论其初始的纠缠是多么微弱,利用这种方法总有一定的几率可以从部分纠缠态中提取出最大纠缠态。     

Generation of three-qubit entangled states using superconducting phase qubits

Entanglement is one of the key resources required for quantum computation, so the experimental creation and measurement of entangled states is of crucial importance for various physical implementations of quantum computers. In superconducting devices, two-qubit entangled states have been demonstrated and used to show violations of Bell's inequality and to implement simple quantum algorithms. Unlike the two-qubit case, where all maximally entangled two-qubit states are equivalent up to local changes of basis, three qubits can be entangled in two fundamentally different ways. These are typified by the states |GHZ>= (|000+?|111>)/ sqrt [2] and |W>= (|001>?+?|010>?+?|100>)/ sqrt [3]. Here we demonstrate the operation of three coupled superconducting phase qubits and use them to create and measure |GHZ> and |W>states. The states are fully characterized using quantum state tomography and are shown to satisfy entanglement witnesses, confirming that they are indeed examples of three-qubit entanglement and are not separable into mixtures of two-qubit entanglement.     

用非最大纠缠态实现三粒子部分纠缠态的量子受控传递

由于制备与传输中的环境耦合,现实中的纠缠态大部分是非最大纠缠态．在研究现有量子受控传递方案的基础上,提出了一种利用非最大纠缠态作为量子通道来几率地传输三粒子部分纠缠态的量子控制方案．在该方案中,选择量子通道中的一个粒子作为控制粒子,发送者进行一次Bell基测量和2次Hadamard门测量;控制者实施一次Hadamard门测量,并将他们的测量结果利用经典信道发给接收者;接收者根据他们的测量结果进行适当的幺正变换以及一些必要的投影测量就能得到待传的未知量子态．该方案是一种基于非最大纠缠态的几率受控的隐形传态方案,可以应用于远程量子计算、远程量子克隆、量子远程控制等．     

利用非最大纠缠态的量子信息隐藏方案

为保证信息安全,提出了一种利用非最大纠缠态的量子信息隐藏方案.该方案建立在双粒子量子系统纠缠态的非定域性质的基础上,信息被编码于双粒子系统的整体态,然后,这两个粒子分配给两个人,他们只允许做定域操作而且彼此之间只能交换经典信息.这样,信息就被隐藏起来.相对于使用最大纠缠态的方案,该方案更容易实现.研究结果证明:该方案可以被用于网络上保存秘密信息.     

非对称偏振三维纠缠态的预警制备

在量子信息处理过程中,量子纠缠态扮演着极为重要的角色,其特殊的物理性质,使得量子信息具有经典信息所没有的许多新的特征,为信息传输和信息处理提供了新的物理资源.针对非对称偏振三维纠缠态的制备,基于交叉相位调制技术,以纠缠光子对和两个单光子比特作为初态,通过单光子与相干光的相互作用以及双光子干涉来实现.如果通过三个非计数单光子探测器来预警制备三维最大纠缠态,其概率为3/64.而如果采用特殊的分段式光子探测器,其概率可以提高到3/8,达到理论极限值.该方案在理论上是可行的,效率相对较高,而且预警式的制备为其后续在量子信息过程中的使用提供了很大的灵活性.     

Scalable multiparticle entanglement of trapped ions

The generation, manipulation and fundamental understanding of entanglement lies at the very heart of quantum mechanics. Entangled particles are non-interacting but are described by a common wavefunction; consequently, individual particles are not independent of each other and their quantum properties are inextricably interwoven. The intriguing features of entanglement become particularly evident if the particles can be individually controlled and physically separated. However, both the experimental realization and characterization of entanglement become exceedingly difficult for systems with many particles. The main difficulty is to manipulate and detect the quantum state of individual particles as well as to control the interaction between them. So far, entanglement of four ions or five photons has been demonstrated experimentally. The creation of scalable multiparticle entanglement demands a non-exponential scaling of resources with particle number. Among the various kinds of entangled states, the 'W state' plays an important role as its entanglement is maximally persistent and robust even under particle loss. Such states are central as a resource in quantum information processing and multiparty quantum communication. Here we report the scalable and deterministic generation of four-, five-, six-, seven- and eight-particle entangled states of the W type with trapped ions. We obtain the maximum possible information on these states by performing full characterization via state tomography, using individual control and detection of the ions. A detailed analysis proves that the entanglement is genuine. The availability of such multiparticle entangled states, together with full information in the form of their density matrices, creates a test-bed for theoretical studies of multiparticle entanglement. Independently, 'Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger' entangled states with up to six ions have been created and analysed in Boulder.     

Entanglement of the orbital angular momentum states of photons.

Entangled quantum states are not separable, regardless of the spatial separation of their components. This is a manifestation of an aspect of quantum mechanics known as quantum non-locality. An important consequence of this is that the measurement of the state of one particle in a two-particle entangled state defines the state of the second particle instantaneously, whereas neither particle possesses its own well-defined state before the measurement. Experimental realizations of entanglement have hitherto been restricted to two-state quantum systems, involving, for example, the two orthogonal polarization states of photons. Here we demonstrate entanglement involving the spatial modes of the electromagnetic field carrying orbital angular momentum. As these modes can be used to define an infinitely dimensional discrete Hilbert space, this approach provides a practical route to entanglement that involves many orthogonal quantum states, rather than just two Multi-dimensional entangled states could be of considerable importance in the field of quantum information, enabling, for example, more efficient use of communication channels in quantum cryptography.     

Experimental entanglement purification of arbitrary unknown states

Distribution of entangled states between distant locations is essential for quantum communication over large distances. But owing to unavoidable decoherence in the quantum communication channel, the quality of entangled states generally decreases exponentially with the channel length. Entanglement purification--a way to extract a subset of states of high entanglement and high purity from a large set of less entangled states--is thus needed to overcome decoherence. Besides its important application in quantum communication, entanglement purification also plays a crucial role in error correction for quantum computation, because it can significantly increase the quality of logic operations between different qubits. Here we demonstrate entanglement purification for general mixed states of polarization-entangled photons using only linear optics. Typically, one photon pair of fidelity 92% could be obtained from two pairs, each of fidelity 75%. In our experiments, decoherence is overcome to the extent that the technique would achieve tolerable error rates for quantum repeaters in long-distance quantum communication. Our results also imply that the requirement of high-accuracy logic operations in fault-tolerant quantum computation can be considerably relaxed.     

Super-resolving phase measurements with a multiphoton entangled state

Interference phenomena are ubiquitous in physics, often forming the basis of demanding measurements. Examples include Ramsey interferometry in atomic spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction in crystallography and optical interferometry in gravitational-wave studies. It has been known for some time that the quantum property of entanglement can be exploited to perform super-sensitive measurements, for example in optical interferometry or atomic spectroscopy. The idea has been demonstrated for an entangled state of two photons, but for larger numbers of particles it is difficult to create the necessary multiparticle entangled states. Here we demonstrate experimentally a technique for producing a maximally entangled three-photon state from initially non-entangled photons. The method can in principle be applied to generate states of arbitrary photon number, giving arbitrarily large improvement in measurement resolution. The method of state construction requires non-unitary operations, which we perform using post-selected linear-optics techniques similar to those used for linear-optics quantum computing.     

纯态纠缠源条件下密集编码的信道容量比较

依据量子纠缠能被用来实现量子密集编码，从而增加量子信道的经典信息容量的理论，讨论并比较了在无噪信道中利用纯态纠缠源进行直积态密集编码和纠缠密集编码两种情况下的信道容量上限，得到了应用纠缠编码方式的信道容量不大于应用直积态编码方式的信道容量的结果．     

Entanglement of spin waves among four quantum memories

Quantum networks are composed of quantum nodes that interact coherently through quantum channels, and open a broad frontier of scientific opportunities. For example, a quantum network can serve as a 'web' for connecting quantum processors for computation and communication, or as a 'simulator' allowing investigations of quantum critical phenomena arising from interactions among the nodes mediated by the channels. The physical realization of quantum networks generically requires dynamical systems capable of generating and storing entangled states among multiple quantum memories, and efficiently transferring stored entanglement into quantum channels for distribution across the network. Although such capabilities have been demonstrated for diverse bipartite systems, entangled states have not been achieved for interconnects capable of 'mapping' multipartite entanglement stored in quantum memories to quantum channels. Here we demonstrate measurement-induced entanglement stored in four atomic memories; user-controlled, coherent transfer of the atomic entanglement to four photonic channels; and characterization of the full quadripartite entanglement using quantum uncertainty relations. Our work therefore constitutes an advance in the distribution of multipartite entanglement across quantum networks. We also show that our entanglement verification method is suitable for studying the entanglement order of condensed-matter systems in thermal equilibrium.     

Many-particle entanglement with Bose-Einstein condensates

The possibility of creating and manipulating entangled states of systems of many particles is of significant interest for quantum information processing; such a capability could lead to new applications that rely on the basic principles of quantum mechanics. So far, up to four atoms have been entangled in a controlled way. A crucial requirement for the production of entangled states is that they can be considered pure at the single-particle level. Bose-Einstein condensates fulfil this requirement; hence it is natural to investigate whether they can also be used in some applications of quantum information. Here we propose a method to achieve substantial entanglement of a large number of atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate. A single resonant laser pulse is applied to all the atoms in the condensate, which is then allowed to evolve freely; in this latter stage, collisional interactions produce entanglement between the atoms. The technique should be realizable with present technology.     

Bell基的局域SU2变换不变量研究

由局域SU2变换不变量出发,对Bell基矢的纠缠度及Bell基矢的局域SU2变换不变量进行分析,讨论了Bell基线性叠加态的纠缠度.结果表明,虽然Bell基都是纠缠度最大的纠缠态,但从局域SU2变换不变量看其仍是两种形式.同一形式的最大纠缠态线性叠加(实数)构成的态仍是纠缠态,且纠缠度不变,其态矢构成纠缠基;不同形式的最大纠缠态线性组合后纠缠度改变,其态矢不能构成纠缠基.任意多个局域SU2不变量相同的最大纠缠态线性叠加构成的态仍是纠缠态,且纠缠度不变.     

N粒子部分纠缠态的量子受控传递

由于制备与传输中的环境耦合,现实中的纠缠态大部分是非最大纠缠态．在研究现有量子受控传递方案的基础上,提出了一种利用非最大纠缠态作为量子通道来概率地传输N粒子部分纠缠态的量子控制方案,在该方案中,利用非最大（N＋2）-粒子GHZ态作为量子通道,在发送者进行一次Bell基测量、N-1次Hadamard门操作及｜0〉和｜1〉基测量,控制者实施一次Hadamard门操作及｜0〉和｜1〉基测量之后,接收者根据他们的测量结果,再进行一些适当的幺正变换以及一些必要的投影测量就实现了N粒子未知量子态的受控传递．该方案是一种基于非最大纠缠态的概率受控的隐形传态方案,并且成功的概率为2｜a｜^2。     

PT对称Bell态的经典纠缠与CPT纠缠

研究4个宇称\|时间(PT)对称Bell态在经典Hermite条件下的纠缠问题. 结果表明: 在4个PT对称Bell态中, |Φ_-〉和|Ψ_-〉仍为经典量子态, 且在经典量子Hermite内积下仍为最大纠缠态; |Φ₊〉和|Ψ₊〉不再总是经典量子态, 将其在Hermite内积下进行规范化后的经典量子态也不再总是Hermite内积下的最大纠缠态.     

Entanglement purification for quantum communication

The distribution of entangled states between distant locations will be essential for the future large-scale realization of quantum communication schemes such as quantum cryptography and quantum teleportation. Because of unavoidable noise in the quantum communication channel, the entanglement between two particles is more and more degraded the further they propagate. Entanglement purification is thus essential to distil highly entangled states from less entangled ones. Existing general purification protocols are based on the quantum controlled-NOT (CNOT) or similar quantum logic operations, which are very difficult to implement experimentally. Present realizations of CNOT gates are much too imperfect to be useful for long-distance quantum communication. Here we present a scheme for the entanglement purification of general mixed entangled states, which achieves 50 per cent of the success probability of schemes based on the CNOT operation, but requires only simple linear optical elements. Because the perfection of such elements is very high, the local operations necessary for purification can be performed with the required precision. Our procedure is within the reach of current technology, and should significantly simplify the implementation of long-distance quantum communication.     

利用纠缠交换制备最大纠缠态

基于腔QED技术提出利用纠缠交换制备光子-光子和原子-光子最大纠缠态的简便方案.在制备光子-光子最大纠缠态方案中,腔只是被虚拟激发,原子和腔之间没有信息转换,大大降低了对腔品质的要求.在利用双光子共振相互作用制备原子-光子最大纠缠态方案中,只要对单原子的态进行测量,而不需要联合Bell基测量.     

Preparation and measurement of three-qubit entanglement in a superconducting circuit

Traditionally, quantum entanglement has been central to foundational discussions of quantum mechanics. The measurement of correlations between entangled particles can have results at odds with classical behaviour. These discrepancies grow exponentially with the number of entangled particles. With the ample experimental confirmation of quantum mechanical predictions, entanglement has evolved from a philosophical conundrum into a key resource for technologies such as quantum communication and computation. Although entanglement in superconducting circuits has been limited so far to two qubits, the extension of entanglement to three, eight and ten qubits has been achieved among spins, ions and photons, respectively. A key question for solid-state quantum information processing is whether an engineered system could display the multi-qubit entanglement necessary for quantum error correction, which starts with tripartite entanglement. Here, using a circuit quantum electrodynamics architecture, we demonstrate deterministic production of three-qubit Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states with fidelity of 88 per cent, measured with quantum state tomography. Several entanglement witnesses detect genuine three-qubit entanglement by violating biseparable bounds by 830?±?80 per cent. We demonstrate the first step of basic quantum error correction, namely the encoding of a logical qubit into a manifold of GHZ-like states using a repetition code. The integration of this encoding with decoding and error-correcting steps in a feedback loop will be the next step for quantum computing with integrated circuits.     

两种情形下两原子的纠缠演化特性

通过negativity方法,研究了两个空间分离的纠缠二能级原子依次通过高Q粒子数场时,两个原子的纠缠演化特性,发现：初始原子状态和光场状态对两原子的纠缠有明显的影响．通过选择初始状态可以得到较长时间的最大纠缠．然后与两个纠缠原子同时在高Q粒子真空场时两原子纠缠的演化做了有意义的比较,结果表明：当反映原子初始状态的参数θ〈π/2时,两种情形的纠缠演化趋势大致相同．当θ〈π/2时,纠缠演化大不一样．