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Title: Entangled coherent states versus entangled photon pairs for practical quantum-information processing

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Center for Macroscopic Quantum Control, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742 (Korea, Republic of)

We compare effects of decoherence and detection inefficiency on entangled coherent states (ECSs) and entangled photon pairs (EPPs), both of which are known to be particularly useful for quantum-information processing (QIP). When decoherence effects caused by photon losses are heavy, the ECSs outperform the EPPs as quantum channels for teleportation both in fidelities and in success probabilities. On the other hand, when inefficient detectors are used, the teleportation scheme using the ECSs suffers undetected errors that result in the degradation of fidelity, while this is not the case for the teleportation scheme using the EPPs. Our study reveals the merits and demerits of the two types of entangled states in realizing practical QIP under realistic conditions.

OSTI ID:
21528854
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 82, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.062325; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English