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arXiv:1308.2431 · Physical Review A

Tunable non-Gaussian resources for continuous-variable quantum technologies

Fabio Dell’Anno, Daniela Buono, Gaetano Nocerino, A. Porzio, S. Solimeno, Silvio De Siena, Fabrizio Illuminati

Published Oct 10, 2013• 15 citations
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Abstract

We introduce and discuss a set of tunable two-mode states of continuous-variable systems, as well as a simple, effective scheme for their experimental generation. This class of tunable entangled resources is defined by a general ansatz depending on two experimentally adjustable parameters. It is very ample and flexible as it encompasses Gaussian as well as non-Gaussian states. The latter include, among others, known states such as squeezed number states and de-Gaussified photon-added and photon-subtracted squeezed states, the latter being the most efficient non-Gaussian resources currently available in the laboratory. Moreover, it contains the classes of squeezed Bell states and even more general non-Gaussian resources that can be optimized according to the specific quantum technological task that needs to be realized. The proposed experimental scheme exploits linear optical operations and photon detections performed on a pair of uncorrelated two-mode Gaussian squeezed states. The desired non-Gaussian state is then realized via ancillary squeezing and conditioning. Two independent, freely tunable experimental parameters can be exploited to generate different states and to optimize the performance in implementing a given quantum protocol. As a concrete instance, we analyze in detail the performance of different states considered as resources for the realization of quantum teleportation in realistic conditions. For the fidelity of teleportation of an unknown coherent state, we show that the resources associated with the optimized parameters outperform, in a significant range of experimental values, both Gaussian twin beams and photon-subtracted squeezed states.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.88.043818

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We investigate continuous variable quantum teleportation using non-Gaussian states of the radiation field as entangled resources. We compare the performance of different classes of degaussified resources, including two-mode photon-added and two-mode photon-subtracted squeezed states. We then introduce a class of two-mode squeezed Bell-like states with one-parameter dependence for optimization. These states interpolate between and include as subcases different classes of degaussified resources. We show that optimized squeezed Bell-like resources yield a remarkable improvement in the fidelity of teleportation both for coherent and nonclassical input states. The investigation reveals that the optimal non-Gaussian resources for continuous variable teleportation are those that most closely realize the simultaneous maximization of the content of entanglement, the degree of affinity with the two-mode squeezed vacuum, and the, suitably measured, amount of non-Gaussianity.
We present a comprehensive investigation of nonideal continuous-variable quantum teleportation implemented with entangled non-Gaussian resources. We discuss in a unified framework the main decoherence mechanisms, including imperfect Bell measurements and propagation of optical fields in lossy fibers, applying the formalism of the characteristic function. By exploiting appropriate displacement strategies, we compute analytically the success probability of teleportation for input coherent states and two classes of non-Gaussian entangled resources: two-mode squeezed Bell-like states (that include as particular cases photon-added and photon-subtracted de-Gaussified states), and two-mode squeezed catlike states. We discuss the optimization procedure on the free parameters of the non-Gaussian resources at fixed values of the squeezing and of the experimental quantities determining the inefficiencies of the nonideal protocol. It is found that non-Gaussian resources enhance significantly the efficiency of teleportation and are more robust against decoherence than the corresponding Gaussian ones. Partial information on the alphabet of input states allows further significant improvement in the performance of the nonideal teleportation protocol.
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A characteristic function (CF) based formalism for the representation of quantum optical operations pertaining to the Continuous Variable (CV) quantum teleportation protocol for general resource and input states is introduced; allowing for modifications of basic CV teleportation; such as lossy homodyne measurements and the presence of thermal noise. The output state CF is given as a product of the CFs of resource and input. The use of non-Gaussian resources is studied by means of a general class of two-mode squeezed Bell-like states that include as special cases Gaussian, non-Gaussian and "degaussified" resources; it is shown that Bell-like resources optimized ("tailored") for maximum fidelity yield a remarkable improvement in fidelity of teleportation for the studied input states. A further generalization is introduced with two-mode squeezed superpositions of Fock states including finite truncations of Gaussian states as special cases; it is shown that the optimization for maximum fidelity reduces these resources to truncated Gaussian states. Another class of non-Gaussian resources is introduced, optimized squeezed cat-like states; their performance is shown to be higher than that of a Gaussian state; but lower than that for the Bell-like states. It is shown that the optimal non-Gaussian resources are those that most closely realize the simultaneous maximization of the entanglement, the affinity with the two-mode squeezed vacuum and the (suitably measured) amount of non-Gaussianity. The teleportation of coherent state inputs is studied using squeezed Bell-like and squeezed cat-like states superimposed over Gaussian modes representing thermal noise; it is shown that the optimized non-Gaussian resources are more robust in the presence of noise then Gaussian resources.