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View SchemaQuantum Bit Regeneration
| Authors | Isaac L. Chuang, Yoshihisa Yamamoto |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9604031 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9604031 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.4281 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. May 13, 1996 |
Abstract
Decoherence and loss will limit the practicality of quantum cryptography and computing unless successful error correction techniques are developed. To this end, we have discovered a new scheme for perfectly detecting and rejecting the error caused by loss (amplitude damping to a reservoir at T=0), based on using a dual-rail representation of a quantum bit. This is possible because (1) balanced loss does not perform a ``which-path'' measurement in an interferometer, and (2) balanced quantum nondemolition measurement of the ``total'' photon number can be used to detect loss-induced quantum jumps without disturbing the quantum coherence essential to the quantum bit. Our results are immediately applicable to optical quantum computers using single photonics devices.
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