Remote state preparation of a single-spin state via hybrid spin-photon entanglement
Abstract
Remote state preparation is a fundamental quantum-information protocol that exploits prior knowledge of a target state to reduce the communication resources required for quantum-state distribution. Here, we propose a remote-state-preparation protocol for a stationary electron-spin qubit using hybrid entanglement between the electron spin and a coherent-state light pulse, generated by spin-dependent reflection from a spin-cavity system. Unlike single-photon encodings, the coherent-state encoding is naturally tolerant of photon loss: a loss channel attenuates the coherent-state amplitude, leading to a gradual reduction in preparation fidelity rather than probabilistic protocol failure. The central difficulty---implementing the projection onto superpositions of nonorthogonal coherent states required in the conventional protocol---is circumvented by coupling the transmitted pulse to an auxiliary spin, followed by homodyne detection and a spin projective measurement. The protocol therefore avoids direct coherent-state-superposition measurements and photon-number-resolving detection. In the ideal limit, deterministic preparation of a particular class of target states can be achieved using only one bit of classical communication. We analytically quantify the effects of coherent-state nonorthogonality, fiber loss, and spin dephasing on the preparation fidelity. Increasing the coherent-state amplitude improves state distinguishability and hence the preparation fidelity, but also enhances which-branch information leakage caused by photon loss, resulting in an optimal amplitude at each transmission distance. For experimentally relevant parameters, the optimized average fidelity remains well above the classical benchmark over distances of tens of kilometers. We also discuss a possible implementation using diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers.
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BibTeX
@misc{jiang2026remote,
title = {{Remote state preparation of a single-spin state via hybrid spin-photon entanglement}},
author = {Yunge Jiang and Yehan Yu and Lili Song and Yan Mu and Chaoyun Peng and Mingfeng Wang},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.00832},
eprint = {2610.00832},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.00832},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Remote state preparation of a single-spin state via hybrid spin-photon entanglement
AU - Yunge Jiang
AU - Yehan Yu
AU - Lili Song
AU - Yan Mu
AU - Chaoyun Peng
AU - Mingfeng Wang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.00832
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.00832
AB - Remote state preparation is a fundamental quantum-information protocol that exploits prior knowledge of a target state to reduce the communication resources required for quantum-state distribution. Here, we propose a remote-state-preparation protocol for a stationary electron-spin qubit using hybrid entanglement between the electron spin and a coherent-state light pulse, generated by spin-dependent reflection from a spin-cavity system. Unlike single-photon encodings, the coherent-state encoding is naturally tolerant of photon loss: a loss channel attenuates the coherent-state amplitude, leading to a gradual reduction in preparation fidelity rather than probabilistic protocol failure. The central difficulty---implementing the projection onto superpositions of nonorthogonal coherent states required in the conventional protocol---is circumvented by coupling the transmitted pulse to an auxiliary spin, followed by homodyne detection and a spin projective measurement. The protocol therefore avoids direct coherent-state-superposition measurements and photon-number-resolving detection. In the ideal limit, deterministic preparation of a particular class of target states can be achieved using only one bit of classical communication. We analytically quantify the effects of coherent-state nonorthogonality, fiber loss, and spin dephasing on the preparation fidelity. Increasing the coherent-state amplitude improves state distinguishability and hence the preparation fidelity, but also enhances which-branch information leakage caused by photon loss, resulting in an optimal amplitude at each transmission distance. For experimentally relevant parameters, the optimized average fidelity remains well above the classical benchmark over distances of tens of kilometers. We also discuss a possible implementation using diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers.
ER -