Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2000-11-09
PhD Dissertation, The University of New Mexico (1998)
Physics
Quantum Physics
259 pages, reformatted version of Dissertation submitted for the Doctor of Philosophy in Physics at the University of New Mexi
Scientific paper
Quantum information theory is the study of the achievable limits of information processing within quantum mechanics. Many different types of information can be accommodated within quantum mechanics, including classical information, coherent quantum information, and entanglement. Exploring the rich variety of capabilities allowed by these types of information is the subject of quantum information theory, and of this Dissertation. In particular, I demonstrate several novel limits to the information processing ability of quantum mechanics. Results of especial interest include: the demonstration of limitations to the class of measurements which may be performed in quantum mechanics; a capacity theorem giving achievable limits to the transmission of classical information through a two-way noiseless quantum channel; resource bounds on distributed quantum computation; a new proof of the quantum noiseless channel coding theorem; an information-theoretic characterization of the conditions under which quantum error-correction may be achieved; an analysis of the thermodynamic limits to quantum error-correction, and new bounds on channel capacity for noisy quantum channels.
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