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Recent work has explored the idea that nonlocality or entanglement involving a single particle should be taken seriously and has real measurable consequences. Theoretical and experimental schemes have shown, for example, that single-particle states can violate Bell’s inequalities. Here we discuss the possibility of using single-particle entanglement for implementing a superdense coding protocol. Particle-number superselection rules restrict this scheme to being able to transmit log2(3) bits of information. While this falls short of the two-particle limit of two bits, it still exceeds what can be achieved without entanglement.
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Dunningham, J.A. Superdense coding with single-particle entanglement. J Russ Laser Res 30, 427–434 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-009-9101-2
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