No purification for two copies of a noisy entangled state

Details No purification for two copies of a noisy entangled state No purification for two copies of a noisy entangled state

2008-09-15

arxiv.org/abs/0809.2622v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

We consider whether two copies of a noisy entangled state can be transformed into a single copy of greater purity using local operations and classical communication. We show that it is never possible to achieve such a purification with certainty when the family of noisy states is twirlable (i.e. when there exists a local transformation that maps all states into the family, yet leaves the family itself invariant). This implies that two copies of a Werner state cannot be deterministically purified. Furthermore, due to the construction of the proof, it will hold not only in quantum theory, but in any generalised probabilistic theory. We use this to show that two copies of a noisy PR-box (a hypothetical device more non-local than is allowed by quantum theory) cannot be purified.

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