arXiv:quant-ph/0509095 · Physical Review Letters

Entanglement Reciprocation between Qubits and Continuous Variables

Jinhyoung Lee, Mauro Paternostro, M. S. Kim, Sougato Bose

Published Feb 28, 2006• 74 citations

Abstract

We investigate how entanglement can be transferred between qubits and continuous-variable (CV) systems. We find that one ebit borne in maximally entangled qubits can be fully transferred to two CV systems which are initially prepared in a pure separable Gaussian field with high excitation. We show that it is possible to retrieve the entanglement back to qubits from the entangled CV systems. The deposition of multiple ebits from qubits to the initially separable CV systems is also pointed out. We show that the entanglement transfer and retrieval are done at a quasisteady state.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.080501

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