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Quantum communication through an unmodulated spin chain

Bose, S; (2003) Quantum communication through an unmodulated spin chain. PHYS REV LETT , 91 (20) , Article 207901. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.207901. Green open access

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Abstract

We propose a scheme for using an unmodulated and unmeasured spin chain as a channel for short distance quantum communications. The state to be transmitted is placed on one spin of the chain and received later on a distant spin with some fidelity. We first obtain simple expressions for the fidelity of quantum state transfer and the amount of entanglement sharable between any two sites of an arbitrary Heisenberg ferromagnet using our scheme. We then apply this to the realizable case of an open ended chain with nearest neighbor interactions. The fidelity of quantum state transfer is obtained as an inverse discrete cosine transform and as a Bessel function series. We find that in a reasonable time, a qubit can be directly transmitted with better than classical fidelity across the full length of chains of up to 80 spins. Moreover, our channel allows distillable entanglement to be shared over arbitrary distances.

Type: Article
Title: Quantum communication through an unmodulated spin chain
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.207901
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.207901
Language: English
Additional information: © 2003 The American Physical Society
Keywords: COMPUTATION, COMPUTER, STATE
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/153660
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