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View SchemaQuantum deletion: Beyond the no-deletion principle
| Authors | Satyabrata Adhikari |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0510182 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0510182 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.052321 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 72, 052321 (2005) |
Abstract
Suppose we are given two identical copies of an unknown quantum state and we wish to delete one copy from among the given two copies. The quantum no-deletion principle restricts us from perfectly deleting a copy but it does not prohibit us from deleting a copy approximately. Here we construct two types of a universal quantum deletion machine which approximately deletes a copy such that the fidelity of deletion does not depend on the input state. The two types of universal quantum deletion machines are (1) a conventional deletion machine described by one unitary operator and (2) a modified deletion machine described by two unitary operators. Here it is shown that modified deletion machine deletes a qubit with fidelity 0.75, which is the maximum limit for deleting an unknown quantum state. In addition to this we also show that the modified deletion machine retains the qubit in the first mode with average fidelity 0.77 (approx.) which is slightly greater than the fidelity of measurement for two given identical state, showing how precisely one can determine its state [13]. We also show that the deletion machine itself is input state independent i.e. the information is not hidden in the deleting machine, and hence we can delete the information completely from the deletion machine.
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