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Phys. Rev. A 71, 052315 (2005) [6 pages]

Conclusive and arbitrarily perfect quantum-state transfer using parallel spin-chain channels

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Daniel Burgarth and Sougato Bose
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom

Received 28 June 2004; published 13 May 2005

We suggest a protocol for perfect quantum communication through spin-chain channels. By combining a dual-rail encoding with measurements only at the receiving end, we can get conclusively perfect state transfer, whose probability of success can be made arbitrarily close to unity. As an example of such an amplitude-delaying channel, we show how two parallel Heisenberg spin chains can be used as quantum wires. Perfect state transfer with a probability of failure lower than P in a Heisenberg chain of N spin-1/2 particles can be achieved in a timescale of the order of (0.33J)N1.7∣ln P. We demonstrate that our scheme is more robust to decoherence and nonoptimal timing than any scheme using single spin chains.

© 2005 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.71.052315
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.71.052315
PACS:
03.67.Hk, 05.50.+q, 05.60.Gg, 75.10.Pq