Realizing ultrahigh capacity quantum superdense coding on quantum photonic chip

doi:10.1038/s41534-025-01007-y

Realizing ultrahigh capacity quantum superdense coding on quantum photonic chip

2025-03-18

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DOI：10.1038/s41534-025-01007-y

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Quantum superdense coding provides a compelling solution to enhance the channel capacity compared with classical coding, which plays a vital role in quantum networks. However, the realization of a degenerate high-dimensional entangled state with high fidelity has remained an elusive challenge, limiting improvement in channel capacity. Here, we have demonstrated a 16-mode quantum process photonic chip and experimentally validated a degenerate eight-dimensional quDit entangled state with a fidelity of 0.973 +/- 0.002\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${{0.973}}\pm {{0.002}}$$\end{document}. Moreover, we propose an efficient Bell state measurement method to distinguish eleven orthogonal Bell states in eight-dimensional quantum superdense coding. Leveraging the high-quality features of our quantum photonic chip, we have achieved an unprecedented channel capacity of 3.021 +/- 0.003\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$${{3.021}}\pm {{0.003}}$$\end{document} bits, highlighting the largest channel capacity to date. Furthermore, our method presents a remarkable quantum advantage over classical schemes, the latter of which can only transmit a maximum of 3 bits in the environment without any noise. Our findings not only open up a new avenue for integrated quantum information processing, but also contribute significantly to the advancement of multidimensional technologies, facilitating the establishment of practical, high-capacity quantum networks.

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