Chinese Journal of Quantum Electronics
Splitting quantum information via six-qubit maximally entangled state
Xiu-Li Tu
Abstract
Quantum information splitting(QIS) or quantum state sharing is the generalization of classical secret sharing schemes to the quantum scenario.In QIS,a piece of quantum information(in the form of a quantum state) is divided and distributed to a number of receivers.A scheme of splitting two-qubit states was proposed by using six-particle maximally entangled state as the quantum channel.Alice first performs two Bell-basis measurement and announces her measurement outcome and assigns Charlie(Bob) to reconstruct the original unknown state.If the controllers Bob(Charlie) agree to help Charlie(Bob) obtain the original state,they should perform single-particle measurements on their respective qubits.After the sender performs Bell-basis measurements on her particles,and the cooperators operate single-particle measurements on their particles,the state receiver can reconstruct the original state of the sender by applying the appropriate unitary operation.