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A General Fidelity Limit for Quantum Channels

Quantum Physics 2016-09-08 v1

Abstract

We derive a general limit on the fidelity of a quantum channel conveying an ensemble of pure states. Unlike previous results, this limit applies to arbitrary coding and decoding schemes, including nonunitary decoding. This establishes the converse of the quantum noiseless coding theorem for all such schemes.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9603014,
  title  = {A General Fidelity Limit for Quantum Channels},
  author = {Howard Barnum and Christopher A. Fuchs and Richard Jozsa and Benjamin Schumacher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9603014},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

14 pages, RevTeX. Submittted to Physical Review A