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arXiv:2204.14147 · Physical Review A

Quantum dense coding network using multimode squeezed states of light

Ayan Patra, Rivu Gupta, Saptarshi Roy, Tamoghna Das, Aditi Sen

Published Nov 14, 2022• 11 citations

Abstract

We present a framework of a multimode dense coding network with multiple senders and a single receiver using continuous variable systems. The protocol is scalable to arbitrary numbers of modes with the encoding being displacements while the decoding involves homodyne measurements of the modes after they are combined in a pairwise manner by a sequence of beam splitters, thereby exhibiting its potentiality to implement in laboratories with currently available resources. We compute the closed form expression of the dense coding capacity for the cases of two and three senders that involve sharing of three- and four-mode states, respectively. The dense coding capacity is computed with the constraint of fixed average energy transmission when the modes of the sender are transferred to the receiver after the encoding operation. In both the cases, we demonstrate the quantum advantage of the protocol using paradigmatic classes of three- and four-mode states. The quantum advantage increases with the increase in the amount of energy that is allowed to be transmitted from the senders to the receiver.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.106.052607

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