Indeterminate-length quantum coding
Quantum Physics
2009-11-06 v1
Abstract
The quantum analogues of classical variable-length codes are indeterminate-length quantum codes, in which codewords may exist in superpositions of different lengths. This paper explores some of their properties. The length observable for such codes is governed by a quantum version of the Kraft-McMillan inequality. Indeterminate-length quantum codes also provide an alternate approach to quantum data compression.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0011014,
title = {Indeterminate-length quantum coding},
author = {Benjamin Schumacher and Michael D. Westmoreland},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0011014},
year = {2009}
}
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32 pages