Quantum state rotation
Yonghae Lee, Hayata Yamasaki, Soojoon Lee
Abstract
Quantum state exchange is a quantum communication task for two users in which the users exchange their respective quantum information in the asymptotic scenario. In this work, we generalize the quantum state exchange task to a quantum communication task for $M$ users in which the users rotate their respective quantum information. We assume that every two users may share entanglement resources, and they use local operations and classical communication in order to perform the task. We call this generalized task the quantum state rotation. First of all, we formally define the quantum state rotation task and its optimal entanglement cost, which means the least amount of total entanglement resources required to carry out the task. We then present lower and upper bounds on the optimal entanglement cost, and provide conditions for zero optimal entanglement costs. Based on these results, we find out a difference between the quantum state rotation task and the quantum state exchange task.