Experimental quantum communication complexity

Author(s)
Pavel Trojek, Christian Schmid, Mohamed Bourennane, Caslav Brukner, Marek Zukowski, Harald Weinfurter
Abstract

We prove that by communicating N-1 times a single qubit, instead of N-1 classical bits, the success probability for solving some N partner communication complexity tasks is strongly enhanced. The superiority, as measured by the quantum-to-classical fidelity ratio, of the quantum scheme grows exponentially with N. We report an experimental implementation of these tasks for N=5. Even without correcting for any inefficiencies of the state-of-the-art setup, our multiparty quantum protocol still outperforms the best classical protocols. Π2005 The American Physical Society.

Organisation(s)
External organisation(s)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Stockholm University
Journal
Physical Review A
Volume
72
No. of pages
4
ISSN
1050-2947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.72.050305
Publication date
2005
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103026 Quantum optics
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/experimental-quantum-communication-complexity(1dd81be3-c402-4166-b6d3-3ae2c2e28f53).html