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Quantum cloning with nonlocal assistance: Complement of Jozsa's stronger no-cloning theorem

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We investigate the cases where a set SS of states {ψi}\{\ket{\psi_i} \} cannot be cloned by itself, but is clonable with the help of another system prepared in state ρ^i\hat{\rho}_i. When SS is pair-wise nonorthogonal, it is known that one can generate the copy from ρ^i\hat{\rho}_i alone, with no interaction with the original system. Here we show that a set containing orthogonal pairs exhibits a property forming a striking contrast; For any such set, there is a choice of ρ^i\hat{\rho}_i that enables cloning only when the two systems are interacted in a purely quantum manner that is not achievable via classical communication.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0604009,
  title  = {Quantum cloning with nonlocal assistance: Complement of Jozsa's stronger no-cloning theorem},
  author = {Koji Azuma and Masato Koashi and Hosho Katsura and Nobuyuki Imoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0604009},
  year   = {2007}
}

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