Multiphoton Entanglement

Multiphoton Entanglement Eli Megidish Quantum Optics Seminar ,2010

Outline • Multipartite Entanglement • Multipartite detection QST & Entanglement Witness • GHZ • W states • Cluster states – one way quantum computer

Multi partite entanglement N=2: Separable Pure state is called genuine biipartite entangled if it is not fully separable : N=3: Separable Biseparable Pure state is called genuine tripartite entangled if it is not fully separable nor biseparable : In this talk ,N>2, and will focus on GHZ,W states and cluster states.

real parameters, Quantum state tomography Any two level system density matrix: n particles density matrix is given by: are the pauli matrices. reconstruction of the density matrix by measurements. one photon density matrix: 1. BS. 2. PBS in H/V basis. 3. PBS in P/M basis. 4. PBS in R/L basis. For two photon one has to measure:

Measures of entanglement using density matrix: Fidelity- a measure of the state overlap: Peres- Horodecki criterion: Define the partial transpose: For a 2x2 or 2x3 system the density matrix If the the partial transpose has no negative eigenvalues than the state is separable!

Entanglement witness A witness operator detects genuine n-partite entanglement of a pure state B denotes the set of all biseparable states. Therefore, by definition: signifies a multipartite entanglement. We don’t construct the quantum state but we can detect genuine multipartite entanglement with ~N measurements. Bell state witness:

Greenberger Horne Zeilinger state Properties: Maximally entangled When losing one particle we get a completely mixed state. When we measure one particle in P/M basis we reduce the entanglement

1 6 4 5 2 3 In this way was created. GHZ sources Two random photons superimposed on a PBS are projected into a Bell state But what if one photon is a part of a bell state But what if the other photon is also a part of a bell state

GHZ sources - Experiment PDC in a double pass configuration: Confirmation of the GHZ state is done using a measurement in the P/M basis.

Fidelity= Experiment six photons GHZ state 3 pairs of entangled photons are created using PDC:

GHZ Bell Theorem without inequalities • Individual and two photons measurement are random. • Given any two results of measurement on any two photons, we can predict with certainty the result of the corresponding measurement performed on the third photon. Symmetry: In every one of the yyx,yxy and xyy experiment, third photon measurement (circular and linear polarization) is predicted with certainty.

GHZ Bell Theorem without inequalities, Local realism Assume that each photon carries elements of reality for both x and y measurement that determine the specific individual measurement result: for P / M polarization for R / L polarization In order to explain the quantum predictions:

But what if we decided to measure XXX? Local realism: Quantum Mech.: Independent on the measurement bases on the other photons. Possible results: Possible results:

Results Quantum Mechanics: LHV: Exp: Quantum mach. is right 85% of the times!

W state “Less” entangled compared to GHZ state “Less” fragile to photon loss than GHZ state

of the times we get Experiment Two indistinguishable pairs are created: We choose only

Bell state between modes b and c. Results- state characterization These probabilities are also obtained from Incoherent mixture Equally weighted mixture of bisparable states To confirm the desired state we measure the correlation in the R/L bases.

Results- Entanglement properties Measurement basis Correlation function: is the probability for a threefold coincidence with the specific results and a specific phase settings. For w state:

Results- Entanglement properties

Results- Robustness of Entanglement Correlations between photons in mode a and b, depending on the measurement result of photon in mode c. Two photon state tomography: Peres- Horodecki criterion: Bipartite entanglement

Prepare the qubits at each vertex in the pure state with the state vector • Apply the phase gate to all the vertices a,b in G. Graph state A graph state is a multipartite entangled state that can be repressed by a graph. Qubit- vertex and there’s an edged between interacting (entangled) qubits. Given a graph the state vector for the corresponding graph is prepared as follows: In the computational basis: Cluster states are a subset of the graph states that can be fitted into a cubic lattice. Two graphs are equivalent if under Stochastic Local Operation and Classical Communication (SLOCC) one transforms to the other.

1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Cluster state

1 1 2 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 Cluster state Single particle measurements on a cluster state: Measurement in the computational basis have the effect of disentangling the qubit from the cluster. Remove the vertex and its edges. Measurement in the basis: Pauli error in the case

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Cluster state , How much entanglement is in there? - A state is maximally connected if any pair of qubits can be projected, with certainty into pure Bell state by local measurements on a subset of the other qubits. -The persistency of entanglement is the minimum number of local measurements such that, for all measurement outcomes, the state is completely disentangled. Cluster states are maximally connected and has persistency

outputs inputs One way Quantum computer A new model (architecture) for quantum computer based on highly entangled state, cluster states. Computation is done using single qubit measurements. Classical feed forward make a Quantum One Way computer deterministic. • Protocol: • Prepare the cluster state needed. • Encode the logic. • Single qubit measurements along the cluster (feed forward) • Read the processed qubits. Universal set includes: single qubit rotation and CNot/CPhase operation

1 2 If we measured classical feed forward in needed to correct the pauli errors. Special case: The encoded qubit is teleported along the chain. One way Quantum computer – Building blocks If we measured This is equivalent to the operation on the encoded qubit:

Mesurement Readout 1 2 3 4 One way Quantum computer – Building blocks Using single photon measurement in the appropriate basis: 3D -qubit rotation on the bloch sphere. Classical feed forward make a Quantum One Way computer deterministic.

Measure particles 2,3 in the base 2 1 If the outcomes are 3 4 One way Quantum computer – Building blocks Consider the cluster: This is equivalent to the operation on the encoded qubits: These kind of operations generates entanglement.

2 1 3 4 1 2 3 4 One way Quantum computer – Experiment Accounting for all possible 2 pair generated in PDC which are super imposed on a PBS: This state is equivalent to the four qubit linear cluster under the local unitary operation:

1 2 3 4 One way Quantum computer – Experiment Single qubit rotation was presented using three qubit linear cluster The rotated photon is left on photon 4. Photon 4 was characterized using QST. Theory Exp. Input state:

2 1 Theory Exp. 3 4 One way Quantum computer – Experiment CPhase gate was presented using: Measure photons 2,3 in The twp photon density matrix was reconstructed using QST.

outputs inputs One way Quantum computer – Summary We can simulate any network computation using the appropriate cluster and measurements ! So far the largest cluster state generated 6 (photons) 8 (ions).

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Summary • Multipartite entanglement characteriation • Multipartite entanglement properties. • Bell theory without inequalities. • One way quantum computer.

Experiment: Restricting for 4 fold coincidence:

Measurement Operator Polarization base

1 2 Two random polarized photon can be entangled using a Bell state projection: For the case that two photons emerge from

Delay line Delay line (a)

Delay line (b)

1 2 3 4 5 6 EPR EPR EPR

Multiphoton Entanglement