Bell-Certified Teleportation of Unclonable Quantum States
Revista, Zen, PHYSICS, 10
Quantum teleportation, a cornerstone of quantum information science, allows for the transfer of an unknown quantum state from a sender (Alice) to a receiver (Bob) using a shared entangled resource and classical communication. A fundamental challenge arises when the state to be teleported is unclonable, as dictated by the no-cloning theorem, precluding direct comparison between the initial and teleported states for certification. This paper proposes a robust Bell-certification scheme for validating the successful teleportation of such unclonable quantum states. We move beyond conventional fidelity benchmarks, which prove insufficient for unknown states, by focusing on the integrity of the Bell state entanglement and the correctness of the Bell measurement performed by Alice. Our methodology leverages the inherent properties of maximally entangled Bell states as the resource, combined with a verifiable Bell measurement analysis and a rigorous assessment of the classical communication channel. We detail how the quality of the shared entangled pair, potentially characterized by entanglement witnesses or purity measures, directly contributes to the certification of the teleportation process. Furthermore, we analyze the scheme's resilience to common noise models, such as depolarizing channels affecting the resource state, demonstrating how fluctuations in resource entanglement propagate to the certification confidence. The proposed Bell-certification provides a crucial framework for ensuring the reliability of quantum teleportation protocols in practical applications where direct state verification is impossible or impractical, paving the way for more secure and verifiable quantum communication and computation architectures.
•Nov 28, 2025•0 citations