中国物理B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (8): 80304-080304.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/8/080304

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Effect of excess noise on continuous variable entanglement sudden death and Gaussian quantum discord

苏晓龙   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices,Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-01-10 修回日期:2013-03-06 出版日期:2013-06-27 发布日期:2013-06-27
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB923103), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11174188 and 61121064), and the Fund from the Shanxi Scholarship Council of China (Grant No. 2012-010).

Effect of excess noise on continuous variable entanglement sudden death and Gaussian quantum discord

Su Xiao-Long (苏晓龙)   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices,Institute of Opto-Electronics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
  • Received:2013-01-10 Revised:2013-03-06 Online:2013-06-27 Published:2013-06-27
  • Contact: Su Xiao-Long E-mail:suxl@sxu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB923103), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11174188 and 61121064), and the Fund from the Shanxi Scholarship Council of China (Grant No. 2012-010).

摘要: A symmetric two-mode Gaussian entangled state is used to investigate the effect of excess noise on entanglement sudden death and Gaussian quantum discord with continuous variables. The results show that the excess noise in the channel can lead to entanglement sudden death of a symmetric two-mode Gaussian entangled state, while Gaussian quantum discord never vanishes. As a practical application, the security of a quantum key distribution (QKD) scheme based on a symmetric two-mode Gaussian entangled state against collective Gaussian attacks is analyzed. The calculation results show that the secret key cannot be distilled when entanglement vanishes and only quantum discord exists in such a QKD scheme.

关键词: continuous variable, entanglement, quantum key distribution

Abstract: A symmetric two-mode Gaussian entangled state is used to investigate the effect of excess noise on entanglement sudden death and Gaussian quantum discord with continuous variables. The results show that the excess noise in the channel can lead to entanglement sudden death of a symmetric two-mode Gaussian entangled state, while Gaussian quantum discord never vanishes. As a practical application, the security of a quantum key distribution (QKD) scheme based on a symmetric two-mode Gaussian entangled state against collective Gaussian attacks is analyzed. The calculation results show that the secret key cannot be distilled when entanglement vanishes and only quantum discord exists in such a QKD scheme.

Key words: continuous variable, entanglement, quantum key distribution

中图分类号:  (Quantum communication)

  • 03.67.Hk
03.67.Dd (Quantum cryptography and communication security) 42.50.Dv (Quantum state engineering and measurements) 42.50.-p (Quantum optics)