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Perfect discrimination of no-signalling channels via quantum superposition of causal structures

Giulio Chiribella
Phys. Rev. A 86, 040301(R) – Published 10 October 2012
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Abstract

A no-signalling channel transforming quantum systems in Alice's and Bob's local laboratories is compatible with two different causal structures: (AB) Alice's output causally precedes Bob's input and (BA) Bob's output causally precedes Alice's input. Here I prove that two no-signalling channels that are not perfectly distinguishable in any ordinary quantum circuit can become perfectly distinguishable through the quantum superposition of circuits with different causal structures.

  • Received 23 September 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.040301

©2012 American Physical Society

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Giulio Chiribella

  • Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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Vol. 86, Iss. 4 — October 2012

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