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View SchemaQuantum information cannot be split into complementary parts
| Authors | D. L. Zhou, B. Zeng, L. You |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0503168 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0503168 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.physleta.2005.11.041 |
| Journal | Phys. Lett. A 352, 41 (2006) |
Abstract
We prove a new impossibility for quantum information (the no-splitting theorem): an unknown quantum bit (qubit) cannot be split into two complementary qubits. This impossibility, together with the no-cloning theorem, demonstrates that an unknown qubit state is a single entity, which cannot be cloned or split. This sheds new light on quantum computation and quantum information.
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