Correcting Quantum Errors with Entanglement

Publisher:
American Association for Advancement of Science
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Science, 2006, 314, (5798), pp. 436-439
Issue Date:
2006-01
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We show how entanglement shared between encoder and decoder can simplify the theory of quantum error correction. The entanglement-assisted quantum codes we describe do not require the dual-containing constraint necessary for standard quantum errorcorrecting codes, thus allowing us to quantize all of classical linear coding theory. In particular, efficient modern classical codes that attain the Shannon capacity can be made into entanglement-assisted quantum codes attaining the hashing bound (closely related to the quantum capacity). For systems without large amounts of shared entanglement, these codes can also be used as catalytic codes, in which a small amount of initial entanglement enables quantum communication.
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