We demonstrate that the quantum communication between two parties can be significantly improved if the receiver is allowed to store the received signals in a quantum memory before decoding them. In the limit of an infinite memory, the transfer is perfect. We prove that this scheme allows the transfer of arbitrary multipartite states along Heisenberg chains of spin-$1/2$ particles with random coupling strengths.

• Received 8 August 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.030501