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Implementing a Nonlocal Toffoli Gate Using Partially Entangled Qubit Pairs

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We investigate the local implementation of a nonlocal quantum Toffoli gate via partially entangled states. Firstly, we show how the nonlocal Toffoli gate can be implemented with unit fidelity and a certain probability by employing two partially entangled qubit pairs as quantum channels. The quantum circuit that does this proposed implementation is built entirely of local single-level and two-level gates if the target node harness a three-level qudit as a catalyser. This enables the construction of this key nonlocal quantum gate with existing technology. Then, we put forward a scheme to realize deterministic and exact implementation of this nonlocal gate via more partially entangled pairs. In this scheme, the control nodes’ local positive operator valued measurements (POVMs) lies at the heart. We construct the required POVMs. The fact that the deterministic and exact implementation of a nonlocal multi-qubit gate could be realized by using partially entangled qubit pairs and comparatively fewer resources cost is notable.

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    Li-Bing Chen & Hong Lu

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Chen, LB., Lu, H. Implementing a Nonlocal Toffoli Gate Using Partially Entangled Qubit Pairs. Int J Theor Phys 50, 3442–3450 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-011-0849-0

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