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Controlled quantum teleportation of superposed coherent states using GHZ entangled 3-mode coherent states is studied. Proposed scheme can be implemented experimentally using linear optical components such as a symmetric lossless beam…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-29 Ravi Kamal Pandey , Ranjana Prakash , Hari Prakash

We present the full characterization of phase-randomized or phase-averaged coherent states, a class of states exploited in communication channels and in decoy state-based quantum key distribution protocols. In particular, we report on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-16 Alessia Allevi , Maria Bondani , Paulina Marian , Tudor A. Marian , Stefano Olivares

We study a qubit-oscillator system, with a time-dependent coupling coefficient, and present a scheme for generating entangled Schr\"odinger-cat states with large mean photon numbers and also a scheme that protects the cat states against…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Z. Xiao , T. Fuse , S. Ashhab , F. Yoshihara , K. Semba , M. Sasaki , M. Takeoka , J. P. Dowling

Quantum information science has profoundly changed the ways we understand, store, and process information. A major challenge in this field is to look for an efficient means for classifying quantum state. For instance, one may want to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-03 Yue-Chi Ma , Man-Hong Yung

It has been discussed recently how quantum illumination can be used to increase the accuracy of the value range-delay measurement \cite{Zhuang Shapiro 2022} in the domain of SNR compatible with current radar systems. However, the advantage…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-10 Ricardo Gallego Torromé

This thesis is an attempt to enhance understanding of the following questions A- Given a multipartite quantum state (possibly mixed), how to find out whether it is entangled or separable? (Detection of entanglement.) B- Given an entangled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-05-05 Ali Saif M. Hassan

Entanglement is the quintessential quantum phenomenon and a key enabler of quantum algorithms. The ability to faithfully entangle many distinct particles is often used as a benchmark for the quality of hardware and control in a quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-13 Ali Javadi-Abhari , Simon Martiel , Alireza Seif , Maika Takita , Ken X. Wei

Entanglement is a resource in quantum information theory when state manipulation is restricted to Local Operations assisted by Classical Communication (LOCC). It is therefore of paramount importance to decide which LOCC transformations are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-19 Julio I. de Vicente , Cornelia Spee , Barbara Kraus

We present a simple scheme using two identical cross-phase modulation processes in decoherence environment to generate superpositions of two coherent states with the opposite phases, which are known as cat states. The scheme is shown to be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-03-25 Bing He , Mustansar Nadeem , János A. Bergou

In this article, we investigate the problem of state reconstruction of four-level quantum systems. A realistic scenario is considered with measurement results distorted by random unitary operators. Two frames which define injective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-20 Artur Czerwinski

Quantum entanglement is essential to the development of quantum computation, communications, and technology. The controlled SWAP test, widely used for state comparison, can be adapted to an efficient and useful test for entanglement of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-12 Steph Foulds , Viv Kendon , Tim Spiller

Quantum communication is based on the generation of quantum states and exploitation of quantum resources for communication protocols. Currently, photons are considered as the optimal carrier of information, because they enable long-distance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 Liat Nemirovsky-Levy , Uzi Pereg , Mordechai Segev

We investigate phase estimation in a lossy interferometer using entangled coherent states, with particular focus on a scenario where no reference beam is employed. By calculating the quantum Fisher information, we reveal two key results:…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-02 Jun Tang , Dong-Qing Wang , Wei Zhong , Lan Zhou , Yu-Bo Sheng

Entanglement plays a crucial role in quantum information science and many-body physics, yet quantifying it in mixed quantum many-body systems has remained a notoriously difficult problem. Here, we introduce families of quantitative…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-21 Poetri Sonya Tarabunga , Tobias Haug

Based on N different coherent states with equal weights and phase-space rotation symmetry, we introduce N-headed incoherent superposition states (NHICSSs) and N-headed coherent superposition states (NHCSSs). These N coherent states are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-08 Bo Lan , Xue-xiang Xu

We review entangled coherent state research since its first implicit use in 1967 to the present. Entangled coherent states are important to quantum superselection principles, quantum information processing, quantum optics, and mathematical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-06-07 Barry C. Sanders

The availability of certain entangled resource states (catalyst states) can enhance the rate of converting several less entangled states into fewer highly entangled states in a process known as catalytic entanglement concentration (EC).…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Hemant Sharma , Aleksandr Mokeev , Jonas Helsen , Johannes Borregaard

An extension to computational mechanics complexity measure is proposed in order to tackle quantum states complexity quantification. The method is applicable to any $n-$partite state of qudits through some simple modifications. A Werner…

Computational Physics · Physics 2011-10-28 Yuri Campbell , José Roberto Castilho Piqueira

Quantum illumination is a protocol for detecting a low-reflectivity target by using two-mode entangled states composed of signal and idler modes, which can outperform unentangled states. We study multi-qudit states for single-shot detection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Sunghwa Kang , Yonggi Jo , Jihwan Kim , Zaeill Kim , Duk Y. Kim , Su-Yong Lee

In order to cope with the fact that there exists no single maximally entangled state (up to local unitaries) in the multipartite setting, we introduced in [J. I. de Vicente, C. Spee and B. Kraus, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 110502 (2013)] the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-14 C. Spee , J. I. de Vicente , B. Kraus