Experimental demonstration of entanglement-enabled universal quantum cloning in a circuit

Abstract No-cloning theorem forbids perfect cloning of an unknown quantum state. A universal quantum cloning machine (UQCM), capable of producing two copies of any input qubit with the optimal fidelity, is of fundamental interest and has applications in quantum information processing. This is enable...

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Autores principales: Zhen-Biao Yang, Pei-Rong Han, Xin-Jie Huang, Wen Ning, Hekang Li, Kai Xu, Dongning Zheng, Heng Fan, Shi-Biao Zheng
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1d600c2174ca4e649311dba03b79ac9f2021-12-02T13:35:05ZExperimental demonstration of entanglement-enabled universal quantum cloning in a circuit10.1038/s41534-021-00375-52056-6387https://doaj.org/article/1d600c2174ca4e649311dba03b79ac9f2021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-021-00375-5https://doaj.org/toc/2056-6387Abstract No-cloning theorem forbids perfect cloning of an unknown quantum state. A universal quantum cloning machine (UQCM), capable of producing two copies of any input qubit with the optimal fidelity, is of fundamental interest and has applications in quantum information processing. This is enabled by delicately tailored nonclassical correlations between the input qubit and the copying qubits, which distinguish the UQCM from a classical counterpart, but whose experimental demonstrations are still lacking. We here implement the UQCM in a superconducting circuit and investigate these correlations. The measured entanglements well agree with our theoretical prediction that they are independent of the input state and thus constitute a universal quantum behavior of the UQCM that was not previously revealed. Another feature of our experiment is the realization of deterministic and individual cloning, in contrast to previously demonstrated UQCMs, which either were probabilistic or did not constitute true cloning of individual qubits.Zhen-Biao YangPei-Rong HanXin-Jie HuangWen NingHekang LiKai XuDongning ZhengHeng FanShi-Biao ZhengNature PortfolioarticlePhysicsQC1-999Electronic computers. Computer scienceQA75.5-76.95ENnpj Quantum Information, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2021)
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topic Physics
QC1-999
Electronic computers. Computer science
QA75.5-76.95
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QC1-999
Electronic computers. Computer science
QA75.5-76.95
Zhen-Biao Yang
Pei-Rong Han
Xin-Jie Huang
Wen Ning
Hekang Li
Kai Xu
Dongning Zheng
Heng Fan
Shi-Biao Zheng
Experimental demonstration of entanglement-enabled universal quantum cloning in a circuit
description Abstract No-cloning theorem forbids perfect cloning of an unknown quantum state. A universal quantum cloning machine (UQCM), capable of producing two copies of any input qubit with the optimal fidelity, is of fundamental interest and has applications in quantum information processing. This is enabled by delicately tailored nonclassical correlations between the input qubit and the copying qubits, which distinguish the UQCM from a classical counterpart, but whose experimental demonstrations are still lacking. We here implement the UQCM in a superconducting circuit and investigate these correlations. The measured entanglements well agree with our theoretical prediction that they are independent of the input state and thus constitute a universal quantum behavior of the UQCM that was not previously revealed. Another feature of our experiment is the realization of deterministic and individual cloning, in contrast to previously demonstrated UQCMs, which either were probabilistic or did not constitute true cloning of individual qubits.
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author Zhen-Biao Yang
Pei-Rong Han
Xin-Jie Huang
Wen Ning
Hekang Li
Kai Xu
Dongning Zheng
Heng Fan
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Xin-Jie Huang
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Kai Xu
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Heng Fan
Shi-Biao Zheng
author_sort Zhen-Biao Yang
title Experimental demonstration of entanglement-enabled universal quantum cloning in a circuit
title_short Experimental demonstration of entanglement-enabled universal quantum cloning in a circuit
title_full Experimental demonstration of entanglement-enabled universal quantum cloning in a circuit
title_fullStr Experimental demonstration of entanglement-enabled universal quantum cloning in a circuit
title_full_unstemmed Experimental demonstration of entanglement-enabled universal quantum cloning in a circuit
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