Experimental Realization of Quantum Games on a Quantum Computer

Jiangfeng Du; Hui Li; Xiaodong Xu; Mingjun Shi; Jihui Wu; Xianyi Zhou; Rongdian Han

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.137902

Experimental Realization of Quantum Games on a Quantum Computer

Jiangfeng Du, Hui Li, Xiaodong Xu, Mingjun Shi, Jihui Wu, Xianyi Zhou, and Rongdian Han

Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 137902 – Published 12 March 2002

Abstract

We generalize the quantum prisoner's dilemma to the case where the players share a nonmaximally entangled states. We show that the game exhibits an intriguing structure as a function of the amount of entanglement with two thresholds which separate a classical region, an intermediate region, and a fully quantum region. Furthermore this quantum game is experimentally realized on our nuclear magnetic resonance quantum computer.

Received 23 April 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.137902

Authors & Affiliations

Jiangfeng Du^1,*, Hui Li¹, Xiaodong Xu¹, Mingjun Shi¹, Jihui Wu², Xianyi Zhou¹, and Rongdian Han¹

¹Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, People's Republic of China
²Laboratory of Structure of Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, People's Republic of China