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Fidelity threshold for long-range entanglement in quantum networks

Quantum Physics 2010-01-18 v2

Abstract

We present a strategy to generate long-range entanglement in noisy quantum networks. We consider a cubic lattice whose bonds are partially entangled mixed states of two qubits, and where quantum operations can be applied perfectly at the nodes. In contrast to protocols designed for one- or two-dimensional regular lattices, we find that entanglement can be created between arbitrarily distant qubits if the fidelity of the bonds is higher than a critical value, independent of the system size. Therefore, we show that a constant overhead of local resources, together with connections of finite fidelity, is sufficient to achieve long-distance quantum communication in noisy networks.

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@article{arxiv.0910.1459,
  title  = {Fidelity threshold for long-range entanglement in quantum networks},
  author = {S. Perseguers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.1459},
  year   = {2010}
}

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