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Teleportation in General Probabilistic Theories

Quantum Physics 2008-05-26 v1

Abstract

In a previous paper, we showed that many important quantum information-theoretic phenomena, including the no-cloning and no-broadcasting theorems, are in fact generic in all non-classical probabilistic theories. An exception is teleportation, which most such theories do not support. In this paper, we investigate which probabilistic theories, and more particularly, which composite systems, {\em do} support a teleportation protocol. We isolate a natural class of composite systems that we term {\em regular}, and establish necessary and sufficient conditions for a regular tripartite system to support a conclusive, or post-selected, teleportation protocol. We also establish a sufficient condition for deterministic teleportation that yields a large supply of theories, neither classical nor quantum, that support such a protocol.

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@article{arxiv.0805.3553,
  title  = {Teleportation in General Probabilistic Theories},
  author = {Howard Barnum and Jonathan Barrett and Matthew Leifer and Alexander Wilce},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.3553},
  year   = {2008}
}
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