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Unambiguous arbitrary high-dimensional Bell states analyzer via indefinite causal order

Quantum Physics 2026-04-07 v1

Abstract

High-dimensional quantum systems greatly outperform their two-dimensional counterparts in channel capacity, quantum complexity and efficiency, quantum communication security, etc. Bell-state analyzer (BSA) is a crucial prerequisite for a number of quantum communication protocols. We propose an approach for completely and deterministically distinguishing a set of arbitrary dd-dimensional (d3d \geq 3) Bell states via indefinite causal order (ICO). In previous schemes, bit and phase information are discriminated in succession. Exploiting the gravitational ICO as the sole resource, we propose some high-dimensional BSA schemes. Independent of the dimensions, a set of generalized Bell states are completely and deterministically discriminated by adjusting the form of the embedded local single-qudit gates within ICO switch and measuring each qudit in the {0,1,,d1}\{|0\rangle, |1\rangle, \cdots, |d-1\rangle\} basis. Notably, in our high-dimensional BSA process, the indefinite causal structure is not consumed. Hence a completely nondestructive high-dimensional BSA can be achieved by iterating the indefinite causal structure process for two rounds.

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@article{arxiv.2604.03577,
  title  = {Unambiguous arbitrary high-dimensional Bell states analyzer via indefinite causal order},
  author = {Jun-Hai Zhao and Wen-Qiang Liu and Hai-Rui Wei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.03577},
  year   = {2026}
}
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