An Extreme Form of Superactivation for Quantum Zero-Error Capacities

DOI10.1109/TIT.2011.2178157MaRDI QIDQ5272082zbMATH OpenOpenAlexDBLPWikidataFDO

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Publication date 12 July 2017

Published in IEEE Transactions on Information Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.2737

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Quantum cryptography (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P94) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Channel models (including quantum) in information and communication theory (94A40)

Abstract: The zero-error capacity of a channel is the rate at which it can send information perfectly, with zero probability of error, and has long been studied in classical information theory. We show that the zero-error capacity of quantum channels exhibits an extreme form of non-additivity, one which is not possible for classical channels, or even for the usual capacities of quantum channels. By combining probabilistic arguments with algebraic geometry, we prove that there exist channels E1 and E2 with no zero-error classical capacity whatsoever, C_0(E1) = C_0(E2) = 0, but whose joint zero-error quantum capacity is positive, Q_0(E1 x E2) >= 1. This striking effect is an extreme from of the superactivation phenomenon, as it implies that both the classical and quantum zero-error capacities of these channels can be superactivated simultaneously, whilst being a strictly stronger property of capacities. Superactivation of the quantum zero-error capacity was not previously known.

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