Physorg February 20, 2018
Uncertainty at the quantum scale makes exact cloning of quantum states impossible. Yet, they may be copied in an approximate way using probabilistic quantum cloning. Continuing previous work, researchers in China showed that if an independent subset cannot be expressed as the superposition of the other states in the set, then these dependent states can be partially cloned. Cloning operation allows scientists to make many copies of the output of computations—which take the form of unitary operations. These can, in turn, be used as input and fed into various further processes. Cloning also has applications in quantum computation based on quantum information distribution… read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE
New approximate cloning method facilitates quantum computing. Credit: Markus Spiske via Unsplash