Highly efficient hyperentanglement concentration with two steps assisted by quantum swap gates

At a Glance

Metadata	Details
Publication Date	2015-11-10
Journal	Scientific Reports
Authors	Bao‐Cang Ren, Gui‐Lu Long
Institutions	Tsinghua University
Citations	35
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Technical Documentation and Analysis: High-Efficiency Hyperentanglement Concentration using MPCVD Diamond NV Centers

Executive Summary

This research demonstrates a highly efficient two-step hyperentanglement concentration protocol (hyper-ECP) crucial for long-distance, high-capacity quantum communication, relying critically on advanced MPCVD diamond technology.

Core Achievement: Development of a two-step hyper-ECP that significantly improves the success probability of distilling maximally hyperentangled Bell states, achieving an overall success rate of up to 89.97% in five iteration rounds.
Fundamental Component: The protocol is enabled by a high-fidelity quantum swap gate constructed using the Giant Optical Circular Birefringence (GOCB) of a Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center embedded in a monocrystalline diamond photonic crystal (PhC) cavity.
Material Requirement: High-purity Single Crystal Diamond (SCD) wafers are essential for hosting stable NV centers and facilitating the high-Q photonic crystal fabrication required for cavity-QED effects.
Engineering Breakthrough: High-fidelity basic quantum gate operations are achieved even in the weak coupling regime by precisely controlling the Purcell factor ($F_P$) and cavity decay rate ($\lambda$), demonstrating a robust pathway for scalable quantum network infrastructure.
Mechanism of Improvement: The quantum swap gates transfer useful information between the polarization and spatial degrees of freedom (DOFs), doubling the success probability in the first round (from 24.5% to 49.5%) compared to independent concentration methods.

Technical Specifications

The foundation of the high-fidelity gates relies on highly specific parameters achievable only through carefully engineered diamond materials and microcavity design.

Parameter	Value	Unit	Context
Core Material	Negatively Charged NV Center	N/A	Hosted in Monocrystalline Diamond
NV Ground State Splitting	2.88	GHz	Electronic spin triplet states: $
Required Cavity Q-Factor (Q)	~3000	N/A	Demonstrated experimental value for PhC resonators
Zero-Phonon Line Enhancement	~70	N/A	Achieved through coupling to PhC cavity
Required Cavity Decay Rate ($\lambda$)	0.1	N/A	Condition set for high-fidelity gates ($
Required Purcell Factor ($F_P$)	9.9	N/A	Calculated for $\lambda = 0.1$, satisfying $F_P = (1 - \lambda^{2}) / \lambda$
Coupling Constant (g) (Target)	~2$\pi \times 1$	GHz	Required for $F_P = 9.9$ and $\lambda = 0.1$
Initial Success Probability P(1)	49.5	%	First round hyper-ECP success probability (with swap gates)
Overall Success Probability P (n=5)	89.97	%	Total success probability after 5 iterations ($\alpha\beta > \gamma\delta$)

Key Methodologies

The high-efficiency protocol relies on combining high-quality MPCVD diamond fabrication with sophisticated quantum control techniques.

Diamond Material Preparation: Utilizing monocrystalline diamond to embed negatively charged NV centers (NV^-). High crystal purity and low defect density are critical for achieving the long electron-spin coherence times (~ms) required.
Photonic Crystal (PhC) Cavity Fabrication: Fabricating one-sided PhC cavities around the NV centers. This requires precise, sub-micron lithographic patterning and etching of the high-purity diamond wafer.
GOCB Implementation: Exploiting the Giant Optical Circular Birefringence (GOCB) effect generated by the coupled cavity-NV-center system, which serves as the physical mechanism for photon reflection and transmission coefficients.
Basic Gate Construction: Construction of hybrid Controlled-Phase-Flip gates (P-CPF and S-CPF) and Parity-Check Quantum Nondemolition Detectors (P-QND and S-QND) using the NV spin state as the control qubit.
Swap Gate Design: Implementing a Polarization (Spatial-mode) Swap Gate (P-SWAP/S-SWAP) for two-photon systems, built from sequential CPF gates and Hadamard operations. This gate enables the transfer of information between DOFs.
Fidelity Mapping: Achieving high-fidelity gates by satisfying the condition $F_P = (1 - \lambda^{2}) / \lambda$, which maps the infidelities of the gate operations directly into heralded losses, ensuring the successful output states maintain near-unity fidelity.
Two-Step Iterative Protocol: Executing the hyper-ECP iteratively, using the P-SWAP gates in the second step to maximize the success probability of obtaining maximally hyperentangled Bell states from partially entangled input states.

6CCVD Solutions & Capabilities

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Applicable Materials

The foundation of the hyper-ECP protocol is the high-quality cavity-NV-center system, demanding ultra-pure material specifications.

Optical Grade Single Crystal Diamond (SCD): This material is required for hosting highly coherent NV centers and achieving the stable optical properties necessary for PhC fabrication. 6CCVD offers SCD wafers with exceptional purity and crystallographic quality.
Custom NV Layering/Implantation: While the paper does not specify the NV formation method, 6CCVD can supply SCD substrates optimized for subsequent low-energy nitrogen implantation or epitaxial growth methods necessary to create NV-rich layers close to the surface for PhC coupling.
Substrate Thickness Control: The PhC resonators must be fabricated in diamond layers. 6CCVD offers custom SCD thickness control from 0.1µm up to 500µm, allowing researchers to optimize the mechanical stability and optical coupling depth.

Customization Potential for PhC Engineering

The successful integration of the NV center requires nanometer-scale precision in the cavity fabrication process, which relies entirely on the quality of the starting wafer.

Research Requirement	6CCVD Capability	Direct Benefit to Client
Monocrystalline Diamond Fabrication	Wafers up to 125mm (PCD, custom SCD available)	Allows for large-scale lithographic processing and batch fabrication of quantum devices.
High-Fidelity Gate Operation	SCD Polishing: Ra < 1nm	Ultra-smooth surfaces are essential for low-loss lithography and etching required to define the high-Q ($Q \sim 3000$) photonic crystal cavity structures.
Hybrid Gate Construction (e.g., UBS)	Custom Metalization Services (Au, Pt, Ti, W, Cu)	6CCVD can integrate necessary metal contacts or reflection layers directly onto the substrate for hybrid circuit integration (e.g., microwave control lines for NV manipulation or high-reflectivity coatings).
Custom Wafer Geometry	Laser Cutting and Shaping Services	Providing bespoke geometries required for specific optical setups or integration with fiber-based components, optimizing coupling efficiency.

Engineering Support

Quantum network development is complex. Leveraging 6CCVD’s expertise minimizes material preparation time and accelerates research cycles.

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Application Focus: We provide engineering support for scaling similar quantum communication components, including entanglement purification protocols, quantum repeaters, and high-capacity communication links based on multiple degrees of freedom (DOFs).

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Original Source

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep16444