Contextuality of all optimal quantum cloning

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Main Authors: Doosti, Mina, Yianni, Theodoros, Shahandeh, Farid
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Published: 2024
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author Doosti, Mina
Yianni, Theodoros
Shahandeh, Farid
author_facet Doosti, Mina
Yianni, Theodoros
Shahandeh, Farid
contents Quantum contextuality is a key nonclassical feature underlying advantages in quantum computation and communication. We introduce a new method to study contextuality in quantum information-processing tasks and protocols, relying solely on observed information-processing statistics. Building on the framework of Shahandeh, Yianni and Doosti in arXiv:2512.10000 and employing rank separation techniques, we prove that contextuality is the necessary resource in both phase-covariant and universal optimal quantum cloning, thereby establishing its role as a fundamental source of nonclassicality in all known optimal cloning scenarios and resolving an open problem on the connection between cloning and contextuality. As a second application, we demonstrate the power of our method by providing a new, streamlined proof of contextuality in minimum-error quantum state discrimination.
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spellingShingle Contextuality of all optimal quantum cloning
Doosti, Mina
Yianni, Theodoros
Shahandeh, Farid
Quantum Physics
Quantum contextuality is a key nonclassical feature underlying advantages in quantum computation and communication. We introduce a new method to study contextuality in quantum information-processing tasks and protocols, relying solely on observed information-processing statistics. Building on the framework of Shahandeh, Yianni and Doosti in arXiv:2512.10000 and employing rank separation techniques, we prove that contextuality is the necessary resource in both phase-covariant and universal optimal quantum cloning, thereby establishing its role as a fundamental source of nonclassicality in all known optimal cloning scenarios and resolving an open problem on the connection between cloning and contextuality. As a second application, we demonstrate the power of our method by providing a new, streamlined proof of contextuality in minimum-error quantum state discrimination.
title Contextuality of all optimal quantum cloning
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.19382