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Unmeasureability of a quantum state has important consequences in practical implementation of quantum computers. Like copying, deleting of an unknown state from among several copies is prohibited. This is called no-deletion prinicple. Here,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Arun K. Pati , Samuel L. Braunstein

According to a recent no-go theorem (M. Pusey, J. Barrett and T. Rudolph, Nature Physics 8, 475 (2012)), models in which quantum states correspond to probability distributions over the values of some underlying physical variables must have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-02 Jonathan Barrett , Eric G. Cavalcanti , Raymond Lal , Owen J. E. Maroney

We prove generic versions of the no-cloning and no-broadcasting theorems, applicable to essentially {\em any} non-classical finite-dimensional probabilistic model that satisfies a no-signaling criterion. This includes quantum theory as well…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Howard Barnum , Jonathan Barrett , Matthew Leifer , Alexander Wilce

The no-cloning theorem states that an unknown quantum state cannot be cloned exactly and deterministically due to the linearity of quantum mechanics. Associated with this theorem is the quantitative no-cloning limit that sets an upper bound…

No-cloning theorem is fundamental for quantum mechanics and for quantum information science that states an unknown quantum state cannot be cloned perfectly. However, we can try to clone a quantum state approximately with the optimal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-30 Heng Fan , Yi-Nan Wang , Li Jing , Jie-Dong Yue , Han-Duo Shi , Yong-Liang Zhang , Liang-Zhu Mu

There exist diverse no-go theorems, ranging from no-cloning to monogamies of quantum correlations and Bell inequality violations, which restrict the processing of information in the quantum world. In a multipartite scenario, monogamy of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-26 Debasis Sadhukhan , Sudipto Singha Roy , Debraj Rakshit , Aditi Sen De , Ujjwal Sen

The possible existence of closed timelike curves (CTCs) draws attention to fundamental questions about what is physically possible and what is not. An example is the "no cloning theorem" in quantum mechanics, which states that no physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 D. Ahn , C. R. Myers , T. C. Ralph , R. B. Mann

The no-cloning principle tells us that non-orthogonal quantum states cannot be cloned, but it does not tell us that orthogonal states can always be cloned. We suggest a situation where the cloning transformations are restricted, leading to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-01-23 Tal Mor

Incompatibility is a feature of quantum theory that sets it apart from classical theory, and the inability to clone an unknown quantum state is one of the most fundamental instances. The no-hiding theorem is another such instance that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Matthew Girling , Cristina Cirstoiu , David Jennings

In conventional quantum mechanics, quantum no-deleting and no-cloning theorems indicate that two different and nonorthogonal states cannot be perfectly and deterministically deleted and cloned, respectively. Here, we investigate the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-12 Yucheng Chen , Ming Gong , Peng Xue , Haidong Yuan , Chengjie Zhang

Attempts at cloning a quantum system result in the introduction of imperfections in the state of the copies. This is a consequence of the no-cloning theorem, which is a fundamental law of quantum physics and the backbone of security for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-17 Frédéric Bouchard , Robert Fickler , Robert W Boyd , Ebrahim Karimi

Unambiguous discrimination and exact cloning reduce the square-overlap between quantum states, exemplifying the more general type of procedure we term state separation. We obtain the maximum probability with which two equiprobable quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Anthony Chefles , Stephen M. Barnett

There are four reasons why our present knowledge and understanding of quantum mechanics could be regarded as incomplete. Firstly, the principle of linear superposition has not been experimentally tested for position eigenstates of objects…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-06-21 Kinjalk Lochan , T. P. Singh

The no-cloning theorem is a cornerstone of quantum cryptography. Here we generalize and rederive in a unified framework various upper bounds on the maximum achievable fidelity of probabilistic and deterministic cloning machines. Building on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-26 Yanglin Hu , Marco Tomamichel

Quantum states obey an asymptotic no-cloning theorem, stating that no deterministic machine can reliably replicate generic sequences of identically prepared pure states. In stark contrast, we show that generic sequences of unitary gates can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-01 G. Chiribella , Y. Yang , C. Huang

Quantum theory allows for the superposition of causal orders between operations, i.e., for an indefinite causal order; an implication of the principle of quantum superposition. Since a higher theory might also admit this feature, an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-08 Kuntal Sengupta

While the no-cloning theorem forbids the perfect replication of quantum information, it is sometimes possible to produce large numbers of replicas with vanishingly small error. This phenomenon, known as quantum superreplication, can take…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 Giulio Chiribella , Yuxiang Yang

As one of the most intriguing intrinsic properties of quantum world, quantum superposition provokes great interests in its own generation. Oszmaniec [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 110403 (2016)] have proven that though a universal quantum machine…

We analyze to what extent it is possible to copy arbitrary states of a two-level quantum system. We show that there exists a "universal quantum copying machine", which approximately copies quantum mechanical states in such a way that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Vladimir Buzek , Mark Hillery

In this work, we reveal a new type of impossibility discovered in our recent research which forbids comparing the closeness of multiple unknown quantum states with any non-trivial threshold in a perfect or an unambiguous way. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Shengshi Pang , Shengjun Wu , Zeng-Bing Chen