Secure quantum communication through a wormhole

TL;DR

This paper introduces a secure quantum communication protocol based on wormholes and the ER=EPR conjecture, demonstrating its implementation on a quantum computer with high fidelity and unconditional security, linking quantum entanglement and gravity.

Contribution

It presents a novel protocol for secure quantum teleportation through a wormhole that remains unaffected by teleportation, supported by experimental validation on a real quantum processor.

Findings

Fidelities above 2/3 classical limit achieved.

Protocol guarantees unconditional security.

Experimental validation on IBM quantum computer.

Abstract

An accumulation of theoretical evidence contribute to the picture of gravity as a manifestation of quantum entanglement in a certain many-body quantum system. This is in particular expresses in the ER=EPR conjecture, which relates gravitational Einstein-Rosen (ER) bridge with the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) quantum entangled pairs or, more generally, with the so-called Thermofield Double State. In this letter, the ER=EPR conjecture is employed to introduce unitary quantum teleportation protocol, which \emph{recycles} the entanglement forming traversable generalization of the Einstein-Rosen bridge. In consequence, the wormhole remains unaffected by the quantum teleportation. Furthermore, it is shown that the protocol guarantees the unconditional security of the quantum communication. Performance of the protocol is demonstrated in a simple setting with the use of 5-qubit Santiago IBM quantum computer, giving fidelities above the $2/3$ classical limit for a representative set of teleported states. Security of the protocol has been supported by experimental studies performed with the use of the noisy quantum processor. Possible generalization of the protocol, which may have relevance in the context of macroscopic gravitational configurations, is also considered.