Impossibility of partial swapping of quantum information

被引:6
作者
Chakrabarty, I. [1 ]
机构
[1] Heritage Inst Technol, Dept Math, Kolkata 107, W Bengal, India
关键词
partial swapping; impossible operation; Hilbert space;
D O I
10.1142/S0219749907003055
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号
081202 ;
摘要
It is a well-known fact that a quantum state |psi(theta,phi)> is represented by a point on the Bloch sphere, characterized by two parameters theta and phi. Here in this work, we find out another impossible operation in quantum information theory. We name this impossibility as 'Impossibility of partial swapping of quantum information'. By this we mean that if two unknown quantum states are given at the input port, there exists no physical process, consistent with the principles of quantum mechanics, by which we can partially swap either of the two parameters theta and phi between these two quantum states. In this work, we provided the impossibility proofs for the qubits (i.e. the quantum states taken from two-dimensional Hilbert space) and this impossible operation can be shown to hold in higher dimensions also.
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页数:5
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