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Optimal Quantum Cloning Machines

N. Gisin, S. Massar

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/9705046

Abstract

We present Quantum Cloning Machines (QCM) that transform N identical qubits into M>N identical copies and we prove that the fidelity (quality) of these copies is optimal. The connection between cloning and measurement is discussed in detail. When the number of clones M tends towards infinity, the fidelity of each clone tends towards the optimal fidelity that can be obtained by a measurement on the input qubits. More generally, the QCM are universal devices to translate quantum information into classical information.

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