On the Teleportation of Continuous Variable

Abstract

The measurement procedures used in quantum teleportation are analyzed from the viewpoint of the general theory of quantum-mechanical measurements. It is shown that to find the teleported state one should only know the identity resolution (positive operator-valued measure) generated by the corresponding instrument (quantum operation describing the system state change caused by the measurement) rather than the instrument itself. A quantum teleportation protocol based on a measurement associated with a non-orthogonal identity resolution is proposed for a system with non-degenerate continuous spectrum.