Yi-you Nie

Quantum information splitting of an arbitrary three-qubit state by using two four-qubit cluster states

A new application of the four-qubit cluster state is investigated for quantum information splitting (QIS) of an arbitrary three-qubit state. Muralidharan and Panigrahi (Phys Rev A 78:062333, 2008) argued that a four-qubit cluster state is impossible for QIS of an arbitrary two-qubit state. In this paper, we demonstrate that two four-qubit cluster states can be used to realize the deterministic QIS of an arbitrary three-qubit state by performing only the Bell-state measurements. Our scheme considered here is secure against certain eavesdropping attacks.

Bidirectional controlled quantum teleportation and secure direct communication using five-qubit entangled state

A scheme is presented to implement bidirectional controlled quantum teleportation (QT) by using a five-qubit entangled state as a quantum channel, where Alice may transmit an arbitrary single qubit state called qubit A to Bob and at the same time, Bob may also transmit an arbitrary single qubit state called qubit B to Alice via the control of the supervisor Charlie. Based on our channel, we explicitly show how the bidirectional controlled QT protocol works. By using this bidirectional controlled teleportation, espcially, a bidirectional controlled quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) protocol, i.e., the so-called controlled quantum dialogue, is further investigated. Under the situation of insuring the security of the quantum channel, Alice (Bob) encodes a secret message directly on a sequence of qubit states and transmits them to Bob (Alice) supervised by Charlie. Especially, the qubits carrying the secret message do not need to be transmitted in quantum channel. At last, we show this QSDC scheme may be determinate and secure.

Quantum state sharing of an arbitrary four-qubit GHZ-type state by using a four-qubit cluster state

We demonstrate that a four-qubit cluster state can be used to realize the deterministic quantum state sharing (QSTS) of an arbitrary four-qubit GHZ-type state among three parties by introducing three ancillary qubits and performing three controlled-NOT operations. In our scheme, any one of the two agents has the ability to reconstruct the original state if he/she collaborates with the other one, whilst individual agent obtains no information.

Semi-quantum information splitting using GHZ-type states

By using a generalized Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) state in which is locally unitarily connected with standard GHZ state as a communication channel, semi-quantum key distribution is extended to study semi-quantum information splitting protocols for secret sharing of quantum information. In our scheme, quantum Alice splits arbitrary two, three and N-qubit states with two classical parties, Bob and Charlie, in a way that both parties are sufficient to reconstruct Alice’s original states only under the condition of which she/he obtains the help from another one, but one of them cannot. The presented protocols are helpful for both secure against certain eavesdropping attacks and economical in processing of quantum information.

Controlled dense coding using a five-atom cluster state in cavity QED

We present a simple scheme for implementing controlled dense coding by using a five-atom cluster state. In cavity QED systems, we have proposed to generate a five-atom cluster state and demonstrated that the four-atom entangled states can be exactly distinguished. Thus our approach can be realized with present cavity QED techniques.

Detection of chemical vapor with high sensitivity by using the symmetrical metal-cladding waveguide-enhanced Goos-Hänchen shift

We present a novel and simple optical structure, i.e., the symmetrical metal-cladding waveguide, in which a polymer layer is added into the guiding layer, for sensitive detection of chemical vapor by using the enhanced Goos-Hänchen (GH) shift (nearly a millimeter scale). Owing to the high sensitivity of the excited ultrahigh-order modes, the vapor-induced effect (swelling effect and refractive index change) in the polymer layer will lead to a dramatic variation of the GH shift. The detected GH shift signal is irrelevant to the power fluctuation of the incident light. The detection limit of 9.5 ppm for toluene and 28.5 ppm for benzene has been achieved.

Spectral compression of single-photon-level laser pulse

We experimentally demonstrate that the bandwidth of single photons laser pulse is compressed by a factor of 58 in a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide chip. A positively chirped single photons laser pulse and a negatively chirped classical laser pulse are employed to produce a narrowband single photon pulse with new frequency through sum-frequency generation. In our experiment, the frequency and bandwidth of single photons at 1550 nm are simultaneously converted. Our results mark a critical step towards the realization of coherent photonic interface between quantum communication at 1550 nm and quantum memory in the near-visible window.

Optical relative humidity sensor with high sensitivity based on a polyimide-coated symmetrical metal-cladding waveguide

An optical structure for relative humidity (RH) sensing based on a polyimide-coated symmetrical metal-cladding waveguide is proposed. The diffusion of water molecules into the polyimide film leads to a combined change of thickness and refractive index. Due to the high sensitivity of ultrahigh-order modes, the interaction between water molecules and polyimide will give rise to a dramatic variation in the reflected light intensity. Our optical RH sensor exhibits a good linearity and a high RH resolution of approximately 0.16% for RH values ranging from 36% to 76%. In addition, it provides a short response time, a favorable stability over a long period, and a small degree of hysteresis.

CONTROLLED TELEPORTATION OF AN ARBITRARY THREE-QUBIT STATE THROUGH A GENUINE SIX-QUBIT ENTANGLED STATE AND BELL-STATE MEASUREMENTS

We demonstrate that a genuine six-qubit entangled state introduced by Tapiador et al. [J. Phys. A42 (2009) 415301] can be used to realize the deterministic controlled teleportation of an arbitrary three-qubit state by performing only the Bell-state measurements.

Optical Relative Humidity Sensing Based on Oscillating Wave-Enhanced Goos–Hänchen Shift

An enhanced Goos-Hänchen (GH) shift, which is attributed to the oscillating wave propagating in the polyimide-coated symmetrical metal cladding waveguide, is employed to optically monitor the relative humidity (RH). The interaction of polyimide with the water molecules can change the waveguide structure parameters (thickness and refractive index) and thus alter the magnitude of GH shift. In our experiment, the magnitude of GH shift is measured during the RH variation from 43% to 73% with a step of 5% and the corresponding desiccation process. The proposed optical RH sensor exhibits good linearity and high sensitivity, meanwhile provides short response time and favorable stability over a long period. In addition, since the GH shift signal is position encoded, our sensing mechanism is immune to the intensity fluctuation in the light source.