Paper 2, Section I, 10C

Quantum Information and Computation | Part II, 2020

Consider the set of states

∣βzx⟩:=12[∣0x⟩+(−1)z∣1xˉ⟩],\left|\beta_{z x}\right\rangle:=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left[|0 x\rangle+(-1)^{z}|1 \bar{x}\rangle\right],

where x,z∈{0,1}x, z \in\{0,1\} and xˉ=x⊕1\bar{x}=x \oplus 1 (addition modulo 2 ).

(i) Show that

(H⊗I)∘CX∣βzx⟩=∣zx⟩∀z,x∈{0,1},(H \otimes \mathbb{I}) \circ \mathrm{CX}\left|\beta_{z x}\right\rangle=|z x\rangle \quad \forall z, x \in\{0,1\},

where HH denotes the Hadamard gate and CX denotes the controlled- XX gate.

(ii) Show that for any z,x∈{0,1}z, x \in\{0,1\},

(ZzXx⊗I)∣β00⟩=∣βzx⟩.(*)\tag{*} \left(Z^{z} X^{x} \otimes \mathbb{I}\right)\left|\beta_{00}\right\rangle=\left|\beta_{z x}\right\rangle .

[Hint: For any unitary operator UU, we have (U⊗I)∣β00⟩=(I⊗UT)∣β00⟩(U \otimes \mathbb{I})\left|\beta_{00}\right\rangle=\left(\mathbb{I} \otimes U^{T}\right)\left|\beta_{00}\right\rangle, where UTU^{T} denotes the transpose of UU with respect to the computational basis.]

(iii) Suppose Alice and Bob initially share the state ∣β00⟩\left|\beta_{00}\right\rangle. Show using (*) how Alice can communicate two classical bits to Bob by sending him only a single qubit.

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