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Quantum channels with a finite memory

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
 [1];  [2]
  1. Centre for Quantum Computation, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU (United Kingdom)
  2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Camerino, I-62032 Camerino (Italy)
In this paper we study quantum communication channels with correlated noise effects, i.e., quantum channels with memory. We derive a model for correlated noise channels that includes a channel memory state. We examine the case where the memory is finite, and derive bounds on the classical and quantum capacities. For the entanglement-assisted and unassisted classical capacities it is shown that these bounds are attainable for certain classes of channel. Also, we show that the structure of any finite-memory state is unimportant in the asymptotic limit, and specifically, for a perfect finite-memory channel where no information is lost to the environment, achieving the upper bound implies that the channel is asymptotically noiseless.
OSTI ID:
20640586
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 69; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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