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Quantum History cannot be Copied

Quantum Physics 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

We show that unitarity does not allow cloning of any two points in a ray. This has implication for cloning of the geometric phase information in a quantum state. In particular, the quantum history which is encoded in the geometric phase during cyclic evolution of a quantum system cannot be copied. We also prove that the generalized geometric phase information cannot be copied by a unitary operation. We argue that our result also holds in the consistent history formulation of quantum mechanics.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0507248,
  title  = {Quantum History cannot be Copied},
  author = {Arun K. Pati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0507248},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Latex file, No figures, 9 pages