Multipartite entanglement for continuous variables
Peter van Loock, Samuel L. Braunstein
Abstract
It is known that even a single one-mode squeezed state incident on a beamsplitter is sufficient to produce bipartite (pure-state) entanglement with respect to the field quadratures. We show that such entanglement enables quantum teleportation with a fidelity better than could be achieved in any classical scheme. Furthermore, using a continuous-variable teleportation protocol involving more than two parties, we show that a single one-mode squeezed state and linear optics is sufficient to produce a truly N-partite entangled state for arbitrarily many parties, provided that a minimal amount of squeezing is available. This multipartite entanglement may be made arbitrarily good using more and stronger one-mode squeezed states.