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