Scheme for remotely preparing a four-particle entangled cluster-type state

A protocol for remotely preparing a four-particle entangled cluster-type state by a set of new four-particle orthogonal basis projective measurement. It is secure that the entangled four-particle cluster-type state can be successfully realized at Bob place. Moreover we have also investigated that quantum channel shared by Alice and Bob is composed of four non-maximally entangled states. It is shown that Bob can also reestablish the original state (to be prepared remotely) with certain probability by means of appropriate unitary transformation. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.