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Optimal cloning with respect to the relative error

Quantum Physics 2010-06-18 v2

Abstract

The relative error of cloning of quantum states with arbitrary prior probabilities is considered. It is assumed that the ancilla may contain some a priori information about the input state to be cloned. The lower bound on the relative error for general cloning scenario is derived. Both the case of two-state set and case of multi-state set are analyzed in details. The treated figure of merit is compared with other optimality criteria. The quantum circuit for optimal cloning of a pair of pure states is constructed.

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@article{arxiv.0906.5494,
  title  = {Optimal cloning with respect to the relative error},
  author = {Alexey E. Rastegin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.5494},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

9 pages, 2 figures, 1 table. Major changes. New section in which different criteria are compared is added. The bibliography is recast

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