Generating remote entanglement via disentangling operations

Abstract

Shared entanglement between spatially separated systems is an essential resource for quantum information processing including long-distance quantum cryptography and teleportation. While purification protocols for mixed distributed entangled quantum states exist, it is not clear how to optimally distribute entanglement to remote locations. Here, we describe a deterministic protocol for generating a maximally entangled state between remote locations that only uses local operations on qubits, and requires no classical communication between the separated parties. The procedure may provide protection from decoherence before the entanglement is "activated," and could be useful for quantum key distribution.

arXiv comment6 pages, 3 figures

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