Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1864605 Physics Letters A 2006 4 Pages PDF
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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Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Physics and Astronomy (General)
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