Graph state fission
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Abstract
Graph states are a fundamental entanglement resource for multipartite quantum applications which are in general challenging to transform efficiently. While fusion operations for merging entangled states are well developed, no direct protocol exists for the reverse process, which we term “fission.” We introduce a simple, yet powerful, protocol that achieves this, allowing a qubit to split while preserving selective connections with minimum entanglement overhead. This tool offers flexible entanglement management with potential applications in secure communication, error correction, and adaptive entanglement distribution. Published by the American Physical Society 2025