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arXiv:1404.3594

Generalized entanglement distillation

Yu‐Bo Sheng, Zhou, Lan

Published Apr 14, 2014• 1 citation
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Abstract

We present a way for the entanglement distillation of genuine mixed state. Different from the conventional mixed state in entanglement purification protocol, each components of the mixed state in our protocol is a less-entangled state, while it is always a maximally entangled state. With the help of the weak cross-Kerr nonlinearity, this entanglement distillation protocol does not require the sophisticated single-photon detectors. Moreover, the distilled high quality entangled state can be retained to perform the further distillation. These properties make it more convenient in practical applications.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1404.3594

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