The Holevo bound and Landauer's principle
Quantum Physics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
Landauer's principle states that the erasure of information generates a corresponding amount of entropy in the environment. We show that Landauer's principle provides an intuitive basis for Holevo bound on the classical capacity of a quantum channel.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9910086,
title = {The Holevo bound and Landauer's principle},
author = {Martin B. Plenio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9910086},
year = {2009}
}
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to appear in Physics Letters A