Quantum-memory-assisted entropic uncertainty, teleportation, and quantum discord under decohering environments

Abstract

The one-qubit teleportation protocol is one of the most well-known topics of quantum information theory. Indeed, the goal of this quantum protocol is to teleport an arbitrary quantum state. Herein, we investigate the entropic uncertainty relation in the presence of quantum memory (EUR-QM), quantum discord (QD), and fidelity of teleportation under dephasing, dissipative, and noisy environments. We relate the EUR-QM to QD and quantum teleportation and show analytically that there is a fully anti-correlated relation between QD and entropic uncertainty in a dephasing environment. In the process of our analysis, we also find an explicit relationship between the average fidelity of teleportation and the entropic uncertainty of the channel state. Significantly, the results report that the fidelity of teleportation and QD of the channel state are more stable and most efficiently under the influence of a dephasing environment than those under the influence of a dissipative or noisy environment. It turns out that under a dephasing environment, these results can be vital in practical goals where the maximum fidelity of teleportation and minimum uncertainty are required such as in quantum teleportation protocols and quantum computation.