title: Experimental realization of Dicke states of up to six qubits for multiparty quantum networking.
abstract: We report the first experimental generation and characterization of a six-photon Dicke state. The produced state shows a fidelity of F=0.56+/-0.02 with respect to an ideal Dicke state and violates a witness detecting genuine six-qubit entanglement by 4 standard deviations. We confirm characteristic Dicke properties of our resource and demonstrate its versatility by projecting out four- and five-photon Dicke states, as well as four-photon Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger and W states. We also show that Dicke states have interesting applications in multiparty quantum networking protocols such as open-destination teleportation, telecloning, and quantum secret sharing.
authors: Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Prevedel
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Cronenberg
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Tame
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Paternostro
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Walther
authors: M S
authors: MS
authors: Kim
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Zeilinger