Probabilistic teleportation and quantum operation

Abstract

We describe a new protocol where, by using a non-maximally entangled basis as the measurement basis, one can use a general pure entangled state as a resource for quantum teleportation. Using this protocol one can teleport a state with unit fidelity though less than unit probability. We also use the more natural language of quantum operations to describe this probabilistic teleportation. We also provide success and failure probabilities for this protocol. This scheme could be of use in real experiments which may be tested in the near future.