CN 2016: Computer Networks pp 237-246 | Cite as

Quantum Network Protocol for Qudits with Use of Quantum Repeaters and Pauli Z-Type Operational Errors

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Abstract

In this paper a quantum communication protocol with use of repeaters is presented. The protocol is constructed for qudits i.e. the generalized quantum information units. One-dit teleportation is based on the generalized Pauli-Z (phase-flip) gate’s correction. This approach avoids using Pauli-X and Hadamard gates unlike in other known protocols based on quantum repeaters which were constructed for qubits and qudits. It is also important to mention that the repeaters based on teleportation protocol, described in this paper, allow a measurement in the standard base (what simplifies the measurement process) and the use of teleportation causes only Pauli-Z operational errors.

Keywords

Quantum information transfer Quantum repreater Qudit teleportation protocol 
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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank for useful discussions with the Q-INFO group at the Institute of Control and Computation Engineering (ISSI) of the University of Zielona Góra, Poland. We would like also to thank to anonymous referees for useful comments on the preliminary version of this paper. The numerical results were done using the hardware and software available at the “GPU \(\mu \)-Lab” located at the Institute of Control and Computation Engineering of the University of Zielona Góra, Poland.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institute of Control and Computation EngineeringUniversity of Zielona GóraZielona GóraPoland
  2. 2.Institute of Information Systems, Faculty of CyberneticsMilitary University of TechnologyWarsawPoland

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