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We derive optimal cloning limits for finite Gaussian distributions of coherent states, and describe techniques for achieving them. We discuss the relation of these limits to state estimation and the no-cloning limit in teleportation. A…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. T. Cochrane , T. C. Ralph , A. Dolinska

Criteria are given by which dissipative evolution can transfer populations and coherences between quantum subspaces, without a loss of coherence. This results in a form of quantum error correction that is implemented by the joint evolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jeff P Barnes , Warren S Warren

We investigate the role of symmetric quantum cloning machines (QCMs) in quantifying the mutual incompatibility of quantum observables. Specifically, we identify a cloning-based incompatibility measure whereby the incompatibility of a set of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-20 Arindam Mitra , Prabha Mandayam

We analyze the problem of approximate quantum cloning when the quantum state is between two latitudes on the Bloch's sphere. We present an analytical formula for the optimized 1-to-2 cloning. The formula unifies the universal quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-06-23 Jia-Zhong Hu , Zong-Wen Yu , Xiang-Bin Wang

The method of quantum cloning is divided into two main categories: approximate and probabilistic quantum cloning. The former method is used to approximate an unknown quantum state deterministically, and the latter can be used to faithfully…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Hongwei Chen , Dawei Lu , Bo Chong , Gan Qin , Xianyi Zhou , Xinhua Peng , Jiangfeng Du

The inherent limitations of physical processes prevent the copying of arbitrary quantum states. Furthermore, even if we only aim to clone two distinct quantum states, it remains impossible unless they are mutually orthogonal. To overcome…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-24 Zhi-Hao Bi , Jing-Tao Qiu , Xiao-Dong Yu

The optimal N to M ($M>N$) quantum cloning machines for the d-level system are presented. The unitary cloning transformations achieve the bound of the fidelity.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Heng Fan , Keiji Matsumoto , Miki Wadati

We construct a probabilistic quantum cloning machine by a general unitary-reduction operation. With a postselection of the measurement results, the machine yields faithful copies of the input states. It is shown that the states secretly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Lu-Ming Duan , Guang-Can Guo

We consider the problem of phase-covariant cloning for coherent states. We show that an experimental scheme based on ideal phase measurement and feedforward outperforms the semiclassical procedure of ideal phase measurement and preparation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Massimiliano F. Sacchi

We present the experimental realization of optimal symmetric and asymmetric phase-covariant 1->2 cloning of qubit states using fiber optics. State of each qubit is encoded into a single photon which can propagate through two optical fibers.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Lucie Bartuskova , Miloslav Dusek , Antonin Cernoch , Jan Soubusta , Jaromir Fiurasek

An application of quantum cloning to optimally interface a quantum system with a classical observer is presented, in particular we describe a procedure to perform a minimal disturbance measurement on a single qubit by adopting a 1->2…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Ricci , F. Sciarrino , N. J. Cerf , R. Filip , J. Fiurasek , F. De Martini

We consider two different ways to encode quantum information, by parallel or anti-parallel pairs of spins. We find that there is more information in the anti-parallel ones. This purely quantum mechanical effect is due to entanglement, not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-22 N. Gisin , S. Popescu

We show that universally covariant cloning is not optimal for achieving joint measurements of noncommuting observables with minimum added noise. For such a purpose a cloning transformation that is covariant with respect to a restricted…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. M. D'Ariano , M. F. Sacchi

We employ a machine learning-enabled approach to quantum state engineering based on evolutionary algorithms. In particular, we focus on superconducting platforms and consider a network of qubits -- encoded in the states of artificial atoms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-26 Jonathon Brown , Mauro Paternostro , Alessandro Ferraro

Optimization drives advances in quantum science and machine learning, yet most generative models aim to mimic data rather than to discover optimal answers to challenging problems. Here we present a variational generative optimization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-19 Lingxia Zhang , Xiaodie Lin , Peidong Wang , Kaiyan Yang , Xiao Zeng , Zhaohui Wei , Zizhu Wang

We propose a method for Hamiltonian engineering in quantum information processing architectures that requires no local control, but only relies on collective qubit rotations and field gradients. The technique achieves a spatial modulation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-06-12 Ashok Ajoy , Paola Cappellaro

We construct the optimal 1 to 2 cloning transformation for the family of displaced thermal equilibrium states of a harmonic oscillator, with a fixed and known temperature. The transformation is Gaussian and it is optimal with respect to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-23 Madalin Guta , Keiji Matsumoto

We study an initially inverted three-level atom in the lambda configuration embedded in a waveguide, interacting with a propagating single-photon pulse. Depending on the temporal shape of the pulse, the system behaves either as an optimal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-08-30 D. Valente , Y. Li , J. P. Poizat , J. M. Gerard , L. C. Kwek , M. F. Santos , A. Auffeves

We consider optimal cloning of the spin coherent states in Hilbert spaces of different dimensionality d. We give explicit form of optimal cloning transformation for spin coherent states in the three-dimensional space, analytical results for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Rafal Demkowicz-Dobrzanski , Marek Kus , Krzysztof Wodkiewicz

We construct the unique optimal quantum device for turning a finite number of d-level quantum systems in the same unknown pure state \sigma into M systems of the same kind, in an approximation of the M-fold tensor product of the state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 R. F. Werner