Abstract

Quantum teleportation¹ is a technique via which the quantum state of a system can be reconstructed at a distant station through the direct transmission of only classical information, This remarkable effect is made possible by the sharing of a non-locally entangled state by the sender and receiver, constituting an indirect quantum channel. Teleportation has applications in quantum computing² and general quantum information manipulation.³ Teleportation of optical fields holds great promise due to the power of the required optical tools and the maturity of relevant optical communications technology.

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