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Two non-orthogonal states can be cloned by a unitary-reduction process

Quantum Physics 2016-09-08 v1

Abstract

We show that, there are physical means for cloning two non-orthogonal pure states which are secretly chosen from a certain set % \={ | \Psi_0 > , | \Psi_1 > }$. The states are cloned through a unitary evolution together with a measurement. The cloning efficiency can not attain 100%. With some negative measurement results, the cloning fails.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9704020,
  title  = {Two non-orthogonal states can be cloned by a unitary-reduction process},
  author = {Lu-Ming Duan and Guang-Can Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9704020},
  year   = {2016}
}

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9 pages, no figures, Latex

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