Quantum and Semiclassical Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part B
Influence of noise on the fidelity and the entanglement fidelity of states
L.-M. Duan, Guang‐Can Guo
Abstract
The fidelity and the entanglement fidelity are two important quantities in describing the transmission of quantum information through (possibly noisy) quantum channels. In this paper these two quantities are calculated for different kinds of state which are transmitted in noisy channels. A general equation is obtained for these fidelities. Some examples are given to illustrate the general result and possible applications of these results to quantum cryptography and teleportation via noisy channels are discussed.