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Quantum catalysis of information

Quantum Physics 2008-04-16 v1

Abstract

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle and recently derived many no-go theorems including the no-cloning theorem and the no-deleting theorem have corroborated the idea that we can never access quantum information without causing disturbance. Here we disprove this presumption by predicting a novel phenomenon, `quantum catalysis of information,' where a system enables an otherwise impossible task by exchanging information through a quantum communication channel. This fact implies that making use of quantum information does not always cause disturbance.

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@article{arxiv.0804.2426,
  title  = {Quantum catalysis of information},
  author = {Koji Azuma and Masato Koashi and Nobuyuki Imoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.2426},
  year   = {2008}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures

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