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Auteur principal: Hettel, Jörg
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Publié: 2026
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contents While algebraic derivations establish theoretical limits for quantum cloning, practical implementations require explicit operator representations that are often unavailable analytically. We present a computational framework that reformulates cloning optimization as a search over completely positive trace-preserving maps using the Choi-Jamiolkowski isomorphism and Semidefinite Programming. The framework (i) numerically certifies global optimality through primal-dual strong duality and (ii) automatically extracts operational Kraus operators from the optimal Choi matrix via spectral decomposition. We systematically treat universal, phase-covariant, asymmetric, and entanglement cloning scenarios, providing -for the first time - a unified computational catalogue of explicit, implementable Kraus representations across all major cloning families, including higher-order processes and arbitrary input state distributions. As an application, we analyse optimal cloning attacks on BB84 under depolarizing noise, demonstrating how the extracted operators enable quantitative security analysis in realistic noisy quantum channels. An open-source implementation enables community validation and extension.
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spellingShingle Semidefinite Programming for Optimal Quantum Cloning: A Computational Framework
Hettel, Jörg
Quantum Physics
While algebraic derivations establish theoretical limits for quantum cloning, practical implementations require explicit operator representations that are often unavailable analytically. We present a computational framework that reformulates cloning optimization as a search over completely positive trace-preserving maps using the Choi-Jamiolkowski isomorphism and Semidefinite Programming. The framework (i) numerically certifies global optimality through primal-dual strong duality and (ii) automatically extracts operational Kraus operators from the optimal Choi matrix via spectral decomposition. We systematically treat universal, phase-covariant, asymmetric, and entanglement cloning scenarios, providing -for the first time - a unified computational catalogue of explicit, implementable Kraus representations across all major cloning families, including higher-order processes and arbitrary input state distributions. As an application, we analyse optimal cloning attacks on BB84 under depolarizing noise, demonstrating how the extracted operators enable quantitative security analysis in realistic noisy quantum channels. An open-source implementation enables community validation and extension.
title Semidefinite Programming for Optimal Quantum Cloning: A Computational Framework
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21274