scholarly journals Twisted photon entanglement through turbulent air across Vienna

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (46) ◽  
pp. 14197-14201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Krenn ◽  
Johannes Handsteiner ◽  
Matthias Fink ◽  
Robert Fickler ◽  
Anton Zeilinger
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Quantum Entanglement ◽  
Quantum Communication ◽  
Entangled States ◽  
Phase Front ◽  
Quantum Channels ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Large Alphabet ◽  
Large State Space ◽  
Promising Application

Photons with a twisted phase front can carry a discrete, in principle, unbounded amount of orbital angular momentum (OAM). The large state space allows for complex types of entanglement, interesting both for quantum communication and for fundamental tests of quantum theory. However, the distribution of such entangled states over large distances was thought to be infeasible due to influence of atmospheric turbulence, indicating a serious limitation on their usefulness. Here we show that it is possible to distribute quantum entanglement encoded in OAM over a turbulent intracity link of 3 km. We confirm quantum entanglement of the first two higher-order levels (with OAM=± 1ℏ and ± 2ℏ). They correspond to four additional quantum channels orthogonal to all that have been used in long-distance quantum experiments so far. Therefore, a promising application would be quantum communication with a large alphabet. We also demonstrate that our link allows access to up to 11 quantum channels of OAM. The restrictive factors toward higher numbers are technical limitations that can be circumvented with readily available technologies.

scholarly journals Experimental realization of entangled qutrits for quantum communication

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
R. Thew ◽  
A. Acin ◽  
H. Zbinden ◽  
N. Gisin
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Communication ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Entangled States ◽  
Fringe Visibility ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Experimental Realization ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Higher Dimensional ◽  
Maximally Entangled States

We have experimentally realized a technique to generate, control and measure entangled qutrits, 3-dimensional quantum systems. This scheme uses spontaneous parametric down converted photons and unbalanced 3-arm fiber optic interferometers in a scheme analogous to the Franson interferometric arrangement for qubits. The results reveal a source capable of generating maximally entangled states with a net state fidelity, F = 0.985 $\pm$ 0.018. Further the control over the system reveals a high, net, 2-photon interference fringe visibility, V = 0.919 $\pm$ 0.026. This has all been done at telecom wavelengths thus facilitating the advancement towards long distance higher dimensional quantum communication.

The analysis of high-capacity quantum secure direct communication using polarization and orbital angular momentum of photons

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (02) ◽  
pp. 2050017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin-Yi Li ◽  
Tie-Jun Wang ◽  
Chuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Quantum Information ◽  
Channel Capacity ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Quantum Communication ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Quantum Secure Direct Communication ◽  
Noise Elimination ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Direct Communication

Higher channel capacity and noise elimination are the key requirements for the implementation of long-distance quantum communication. As the additional degrees of freedom (DoF) of photons can be employed to achieve higher channel capacity and security beyond the polarizations DoF of photons, the photonic qubits are always employed as the flying qubits in quantum communication and quantum information processing. Here, exploiting the multiple DoFs of photons, we present an efficient quantum secure direct communication protocol based on the coding and manipulation of qubits on both the polarization and the orbital angular momentum of photons. Also, the numerical simulation is studied to further clarify the improvement of the channel capacity and the security. It is found that the channel capacity and the error rate (caused by eavesdropping) of the QSDC protocol which encoded on the polarization DoF and the OAM DoF is significantly higher than that of coding on only polarization DoF. We believe this work could provide more evidence for the applications of higher-dimensional qubits in quantum information science.

scholarly journals Single-photon entanglement concentration for long-distance quantum communication

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (3&4) ◽  
pp. 272-281
Author(s):  
Y.-B. Sheng ◽  
F.-G. Deng ◽  
H.-Y. Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Communication ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Entanglement Concentration ◽  
Entangled States ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Photon Detectors ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Single Photon Detectors ◽  
Quantum Internet

We present a single-photon entanglement concentration protocol for long-distance quantum communication with quantum nondemolition detector. It is the first concentration protocol for single-photon entangled states and it dose not require the two parties of quantum communication to know the accurate information about the coefficient $\alpha$ and $\beta$ of the less entangled states. Also, it does not resort to sophisticated single-photon detectors, which makes this protocol more feasible in current experiments. Moreover, it can be iterated to get a higher efficiency and yield. All these advantages maybe make this protocol have more practical applications in long-distance quantum communication and quantum internet.

“Non-locality”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Healey
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Quantum Entanglement ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Entangled States ◽  
Entangled Quantum States ◽  
Action At A Distance ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Non Locality

Quantum entanglement is popularly believed to give rise to spooky action at a distance of a kind that Einstein decisively rejected. Indeed, important recent experiments on systems assigned entangled states have been claimed to refute Einstein by exhibiting such spooky action. After reviewing two considerations in favor of this view I argue that quantum theory can be used to explain puzzling correlations correctly predicted by assignment of entangled quantum states with no such instantaneous action at a distance. We owe both considerations in favor of the view to arguments of John Bell. I present simplified forms of these arguments as well as a game that provides insight into the situation. The argument I give in response turns on a prescriptive view of quantum states that differs both from Dirac’s (as stated in Chapter 2) and Einstein’s.

scholarly journals Optimal teleportation via noisy quantum channels without additional qubit resources

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Gil Im ◽  
Chung-Hyun Lee ◽  
Yosep Kim ◽  
Hyunchul Nha ◽  
M. S. Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Computing ◽  
Quantum Teleportation ◽  
Quantum Communication ◽  
Quantum Noise ◽  
Single Copy ◽  
Entangled State ◽  
Quantum Network ◽  
Quantum Channels ◽  
Maximally Entangled State ◽  
Near Term

AbstractQuantum teleportation exemplifies how the transmission of quantum information starkly differs from that of classical information and serves as a key protocol for quantum communication and quantum computing. While an ideal teleportation protocol requires noiseless quantum channels to share a pure maximally entangled state, the reality is that shared entanglement is often severely degraded due to various decoherence mechanisms. Although the quantum noise induced by the decoherence is indeed a major obstacle to realizing a near-term quantum network or processor with a limited number of qubits, the methodologies considered thus far to address this issue are resource-intensive. Here, we demonstrate a protocol that allows optimal quantum teleportation via noisy quantum channels without additional qubit resources. By analyzing teleportation in the framework of generalized quantum measurement, we optimize the teleportation protocol for noisy quantum channels. In particular, we experimentally demonstrate that our protocol enables to teleport an unknown qubit even via a single copy of an entangled state under strong decoherence that would otherwise preclude any quantum operation. Our work provides a useful methodology for practically coping with decoherence with a limited number of qubits and paves the way for realizing noisy intermediate-scale quantum computing and quantum communication.

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