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Realization of the optimal phase-covariant quantum cloning machine

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.72.0· OSTI ID:20786276
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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia, Universita di Roma 'La Sapienza', Rome, 00185 (Italy)
In several quantum information (QI) phenomena of large technological importance the information is carried by the phase of the quantum superposition states, or qubits. The phase-covariant cloning machine (PQCM) addresses precisely the problem of optimally copying these qubits with the largest attainable 'fidelity'. We present a general scheme which realizes the 1{yields}3 phase covariant cloning process by a combination of three different QI processes: the universal cloning, the NOT gate, and the projection over the symmetric subspace of the output qubits. The experimental implementation of a PQCM for polarization encoded qubits, the first ever realized with photons, is reported.
OSTI ID:
20786276
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 72; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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