Single-copy entanglement purification: a robust approach for diverse noise sources

I briefly review the status of entanglement in quantum information processing. Its role is mostly well understood for pure-state processing, but less so for mixed-state processing. I consider a case where we can answer whether entanglement is necessary in mixed-state quantum computation.

Entanglement and decoherence are two intimately related phenomena that lie at the heart of quantum information. The EPR-Bell states are the most basic quantum systems, which form the complete entangled basis of the two-particle Hilbert space, and which are important in many quantum computation schemes. The bit flip, phase flip, and bit-phase flip noise channels represent all the possible errors in quantum computation. Thus, the quantum decoherence characteristic of maximally and partially Bell entangled states under different noisy channels is studied using the concurrence. Our work is useful for linear-optical quantum computation and quantum communication schemes whose building blocks are entangled state.

We investigate the entanglement dynamics of two atoms in a double damping Jaynes-Cummings model. The two atoms are initially in the Bell states and each is in a squeezed vacuum cavity field or coherent cavity field. Compared with the case in coherent field, the atomic entanglement in the squeezed vacuum field is stronger under the same conditions. The results show that we can adopt appropriate parameters such as mean photon number, detuning, the atomic spontaneous decay and the cavity decay, to realize better control of atomic entanglement in quantum information processing. What’s worth mentioning is that proper choosing of the last two parameters enables us to decrease disentanglement period and postpone the moment when the entanglement disappears. Finally, the atomic entanglement in double damping and non-identical Jaynes-Cummings model is obtained

This chapter discusses quantum information science (QIS), quantum key distribution (QKD), and quantum teleportation. The new field of QIS encompasses several overlapping subdisciplines: quantum computing, quantum key distribution (also known as quantum cryptography), and quantum metrology (the measurement of small parameters and weak forces with ultra-high precision). In QIS, bits of information are encoded in quantum states, which themselves can be in superposition states and/or entanglement states. Generically, the 0 and 1 quantum bits are represented as qubits (quantum bits). QKD, or quantum cryptography, is a completely secure method of secret communication, and will remain so even if a quantum computer becomes available. Quantum teleportation is one of the more exotic features to have emerged from the field of QIS. It refers to the ability to transfer an unknown quantum state from one location to another, possibly very distant, location by using quantum entanglement.

Developing quantum systems which are robust against noise are of prime importance to the realisation of quantum technologies. Without fault tolerance, we will never be able to preserve delicate quantum states for macroscopic time scales, a necessary requirement in the construction of scalable quantum computer. Topologically ordered models offer very beautiful mechanisms for preserving quantum states. In such models, quantum information is encoded globally over a degenerate topological Hilbert space which offers a natural robustness against local environmental noise. Remarkably, topological order is present in certain realistic condensed-matter systems. This provides a platform for accessing topological order in a laboratory. Moreover, considering condensed-matter systems enables us to combine topological features with other physical effects to enhance their behaviour. In this Thesis we study the physics of topologically ordered lattice models with defects. We seek practical applications of lattice defects for the realisation of a fault-tolerant quantum computer. The first result we present shows that anyonic data of point-like lattice defects, called twists, can be found by measuring the entanglement of the ground state of the host system. The data we learn relates to the capacity of a twist defect to perform quantum computational tasks. The second result in this Thesis concerns the dynamics of the qudit toric code model with line-like defects coupled to a thermal bath. We show we can entropically inspire fragile glassy dynamics in the system. Such dynamics qualitatively improve the coherence times of quantum information encoded in the ground state of the lattice. A novel way of achieving fault-tolerant quantum computation is by producing and manipulating twist defects of topologically ordered systems. In many ways, this paradigm of topological quantum computation is analogous to quantum computation using anyons. The first area of study in this Thesis extends the analogy between anyons and twists. Specifically, we show that the anyonic data of twists in Kitaev’s toric code model can be extracted

How to concentrate non-maximally entangled states for quantum communication is a fundamental problem in quantum information. In this paper, we will apply generalized measurements to entanglement concentration of known non-maximally entangled pure states in arbitrary dimensional system. How to design the generalized measurements for the unambiguous discrimination of linearly independent non-orthogonal states is crucial for the concentration of the known non-maximally entangled states. The result shows that, any known non-maximally entangled pure state (for arbitrary dimensional system) can be transformed to the maximally entangled state only by introducing a qubit as ancilla and a joint unitary transformation operation on one of the entangled particles and the ancilla. In addition, because the less entangled state of each fail round will be re-concentrated too, the entanglement waste during the concentration process will be greatly reduced.

Background. The study of entangled states in Jaynes–Cummings models and its multiqubit generalizations and extensions remains an important and relevant topic in modern quantum optics, quantum information science and solid state physics. This is due to the fact that such models naturally describe the dynamics of interaction of logical elements of quantum devices, such as quantum computers or quantum networks (qubits) with microwave fields of resonators used to control the states of qubits. In this regard, it is very important to search for the most efficient schemes of generation, control and monitoring of entangled qubit states within the framework of Jaynes–Cummings type models. Aim. To investigate the entanglement dynamics of a pair of qubits, each of which is locked in a single-mode resonator and interacts non-resonantly with the vacuum field mode, in the presence of detuning between frequencies of transitions in the qubits and frequencies of resonator modes and dipole-dipole interaction of the qubits. Methods. To analyze the dynamics of the considered system, the solution of the time-dependent quantum Schrödinger equation is investigated. The exact solution of the above equation in the case of entangled Bell-type initial qubits states is found. This is used to calculate the criterion of entanglement of a pair of qubits – negativity. Numerical modeling of the time dependence of negativity for different values of the parameters of the considered model has been carried out. Results. It is shown that the presence of detuning, the difference in the qubit-photon couplings and the intensity of the dipole-dipole interaction significantly affect the maximum degree of entanglement of the qubit subsystem during its evolution. It is found that for certain parameters of the model under consideration, the initial Bell entangled states of qubits can be considered as long-lived stable states. Conclusion. The possibility of realization of long-lived and robust two-qubit entangled states in the system under consideration has been established. The obtained results can be used for effective control and manipulation of the degree of entanglement of qubits interacting with microwave fields of resonators.

New approach to the fidelity of quantum teleportation based on the entangled state generated by beam splitter

Quantum entanglement acts as a crucial part in quantum computation and quantum information, hence quantifying unknown entanglement is an important task. Due to the fact that the amount of entanglement cannot be achieved directly by measuring any physical observables, it remains an open problem to quantify entanglement experimentally. In this work, we provide an effective way to quantify entanglement for the unknown quantum states via artificial neural networks. By choosing the expectation values of measurements as input features and the values of entanglement measures as labels, we train artificial neural network models to predict the entanglement for new quantum states accurately. Our method does not require the full information about unknown quantum states, which highlights the effectiveness and versatility of machine learning in exploring quantum entanglement.

Quantum networks are composed of quantum nodes which coherently interact by way of quantum channels. They offer powerful capabilities for quantum computation, communication, and metrology. A generic requirement for these realizations is the capability to generate and store quantum states among multiple quantum nodes, and to disseminate these resources throughout the network via the quantum channels. In this thesis, I describe a series of experiments whereby single excitations in atomic ensembles are strongly coupled to optical modes and provide efficient means for the coherent control of entangled states between matter and light. By following the seminal proposal by Duan et al., we have generated measurement-induced entanglement of an excitation between two cold atomic ensembles. Using this system, we investigated the relationship for the global bipartite entanglement and local correlations in its subsystems. In addition, we achieved functional quantum nodes for entanglement distribution. Two pairs of remote ensembles at two quantum nodes were prepared into entangled states in a heralded and asynchronous fashion by the conditional controls of the entanglement. The quantum states of the ensembles were then distributed into polarization entangled states of photons. We also prepared an analogous quantum state and transferred the nonlocal coherence between two pairs of heralded entangled atomic ensembles, providing a step towards entanglement connection. Beyond such probabilistic approaches, we demonstrated an experiment where entanglement between two quantum memories is created by the reversible and deterministic mapping of an entangled state of light via dynamic electromagnetically induced transparency. This experiment opens novel prospects of integrating hybrid quantum systems by way of reversible quantum interfaces between light and matter. Then, we extended our work to multipartite quantum systems. We theoretically investigated the characterization of multipartite mode-entangled states by way of quantum uncertainty relations, and introduced theoretical tools to verify the entanglement orders in multipartite systems. In particular, we achieved entanglement for one delocalized photon among multiple optical modes (N > 2). Finally, we have achieved measurement-induced entanglement of spin waves among four quantum memories. The individual atomic components for the entangled W state of the four ensembles were then coherently converted into four propagating entangled beams of light via superradiant emissions. We observed the statistical and dynamic transitions for the multipartite entangled spin waves. Experiments described in this thesis thereby represent significant advances of experimental and theoretical capabilities to generate, store, transfer, and characterize entanglement of matter and light over quantum networks.

Quantum information theory has provided the formal framework for describing how information is stored, transmitted, and transformed in physical quantum systems [Renes, 2022; Tomamichel, 2015; Wilde, 2013]. Its entropic formulations underpin our understanding of quantum computation, communication, and cryptography. Yet this theory traditionally treats all quantum operations as freely available, ignoring computational restrictions. In practice, however, any manipulation of quantum information must be performed by devices of bounded complexity and runtime. Capturing such realistic constraints requires extending quantum information theory to include computational efficiency as a fundamental component. This work takes a first step toward building a computational version of quantum information theory, one that treats efficiency as part of the theory itself. The goal is to understand how the behavior of quantum information changes when the parties involved can only perform computationally efficient operations. This approach bridges the abstract, ideal setting of quantum information theory with the practical limitations of real quantum devices, offering a means to study information processing under realistic resource constraints. At the center of this work are two new quantities: the quantum computational min-entropy and the quantum computational max-entropy. These entropies extend standard quantum entropies by explicitly limiting the computational power of the observer or adversary. The quantum computational min-entropy captures how unpredictable a quantum system A remains to an observer holding system B, when that observer is restricted to quantum circuits of bounded size. Formally, for a bipartite state ρ_{AB}, we define {H^c}^s_{min}(A|B)_{ρ} ≔ -log d_A max_{ℰ^s_{B→A'}} F((𝕀_A ⊗ ℰ^s)(ρ_{AB}),|Φ_{AA'}⟩⟨Φ_{AA'}|) , where the maximization is over quantum channels that can be implemented by circuits of size at most s, and F denotes fidelity with a maximally entangled state. In the classical setting, the min-entropy can be expressed through the maximal probability of correctly guessing a random variable given some side-information. In the fully quantum setting, this idea extends to uncertainty about quantum information [König et al., 2009], quantifying how well one system can be inferred from another using local quantum operations. Our definition generalizes this operational viewpoint by restricting the computational power of the observer to efficient quantum circuits. This definition extends the operational meaning of the information-theoretic quantum min-entropy [König et al., 2009] by incorporating computational constraints, and it provides the fully quantum counterpart of the classical unpredictability entropy [Hsiao et al., 2007]. We establish fundamental properties for the computational min-entropy, including monotonicity in the circuit size and smoothing parameters, efficient data-processing inequalities, and fully quantum leakage and purification chain rules, which were left as open questions in earlier definitions of quantum computational entropies [Yi-Hsiu Chen et al., 2017; Munson et al., 2025]. For classical–quantum states, it coincides with the previously defined quantum computational unpredictability entropy [Noam Avidan and Rotem Arnon, 2025], showing that the new definition correctly generalizes known results. We also introduce the quantum computational max-entropy through a duality relation [Tomamichel et al., 2010] with the min-entropy using a fixed purification. Finally, we prove unconditional separations between the computational and information-theoretic entropies, demonstrating that computational restrictions can fundamentally alter entropic behavior even for simple states. These results establish the fundamental mathematical framework for studying quantum information within realistic computational constraints. By integrating efficiency directly into entropic quantities, they open the door to a fully developed computational quantum information theory that parallels its information-theoretic counterpart. Such a framework provides the foundation for analyzing cryptographic security against computationally bounded quantum adversaries [Noam Avidan and Rotem Arnon, 2025] and the limits of efficient quantum state manipulation. More broadly, it suggests that many core notions in quantum information theory may have refined computational analogues yet to be explored.

Preparation of quantum entanglement states is crucial yet challenging to quantum communication and quantum computation. Recent studies have shown that the intermediate states of adiabatic Grover's algorithm are entanglement, although its initial and final states are product states. In light of this result, this paper presents a novel approach of preparing entanglement states based on adiabatic quantum evolution. Firstly, the desired entanglement states are encoded as the ground states of a final Hamiltonian, and the quantum system is started with an easily constructed ground state of an initial Hamiltonian. Secondly, the initial Hamiltonian adiabatically evolved to the final Hamiltonian. At the end of the evolution, the entangled states can be obtained with reasonably high probability. As a result, the whole preparation process of entanglement states looks like typical adiabatic quantum computation. The validation of the proposed approach has been made in the context of EPR and three-particle GHZ states, which show that the relevant entanglement states can be successfully prepared by adiabatic quantum evolution.

Recently, we introduced and generated new types of two-mode entangled states named “entangled coherent-squeezed states”. In these states, two common states for quantum information processing, coherent state, and squeezed states have been used. Now, based on the generated entangled states, we introduce “two-mode photon-added entangled coherent-squeezed states”. These states are obtained via the iterated action of two creation operators on the two modes of the “entangled coherent-squeezed states”. Next, we study the amount of entanglement of the introduced states using concurrence criterion. In the continuation, some of the nonclassical features such as photon-statistics, second-order correlation function, and quadrature squeezing are considered. In addition, we study the influence of photon-addition of two modes on the mentioned properties of the introduced states. We will observe that the entanglement of the introduced photon-added entangled states increases more rapidly as photon-addition of two modes increases. Moreover, some of the nonclassical features for the first mode of the introduced states such as sub-Poissonian photon-statistics and squeezing in p appear and disappear by photon-addition of two modes, respectively.

Entanglement is a key resource in the emerging field of Quantum Information. The strong correlations between systems described by an entangled state allow us to perform certain tasks more efficiently than it would be possible by using only classical resources. This is why the characterization of entanglement is one of the most important problems in Quantum Information. In this thesis, we analyze several aspects of entanglement. First, we introduce a new family of criteria to determine if a bipartite mixed state is entangled or not. This family consists of a sequence of tests that can be implemented efficiently, and has the property that all entangled states can be detected by some test in the sequence. Each test in the family can be stated as a semidefinite program, which is a class of convex optimization problems. The duality structure of these programs allows us to explicitly construct an entanglement witness that proves entanglement of a state, whenever the state fails one of the tests in the sequence. The entanglement witnesses constructed in this manner have well-defined algebraic properties that can be used to give a characterization of the interior of the set of all possible entanglement witnesses, as well as the set of strictly positive bihermitian forms and the set of strictly positive maps. We also study deterministic transformations of three-qubit pure state when only local operations and classical communication (LOCC) are allowed. We derive strong constraints that the operations and states involved must satisfy, and we apply these results to characterize the set of real states that can be obtained from the GHZ state by LOCC.

It is known that the witness operator is useful in the detection and quantification of entangled states. This motivated us for the construction of the family of witness operators that can detect many mixed entangled states. This family of witness operators is then used to estimate the lower bound of concurrence of the detected mixed entangled states. Our method of construction of witness operator is important in the sense that it will estimate a better lower bound of concurrence of the entangled states in arbitrary $$d_{1}\otimes d_{2} (d_{1}\le d_{2})$$ -dimensional system compared to the lower bound of the concurrence given in Chen et al. (Phys Rev Lett 95:040504, 2005). We have shown the significance of our constructed witness operator by detecting many bound entangled states that are not detected by the earlier methods, and then, we use the expectation value of the witness operator to estimate the lower bound of the concurrence of those bound entangled states.