1,217 research outputs found
On quantum non-signalling boxes
A classical non-signalling (or causal) box is an operation on classical
bipartite input with classical bipartite output such that no signal can be sent
from a party to the other through the use of the box. The quantum counterpart
of such boxes, i.e. completely positive trace-preserving maps on bipartite
states, though studied in literature, have been investigated less intensively
than classical boxes. We present here some results and remarks about such maps.
In particular, we analyze: the relations among properties as causality,
non-locality and entanglement; the connection between causal and entanglement
breaking maps; the characterization of causal maps in terms of the
classification of states with fixed reductions. We also provide new proofs of
the fact that every non-product unitary transformation is not causal, as well
as for the equivalence of the so-called semicausality and semilocalizability
properties.Comment: 18 pages, 7 figures, revtex
Unconditional privacy over channels which cannot convey quantum information
By sending systems in specially prepared quantum states, two parties can
communicate without an eavesdropper being able to listen. The technique, called
quantum cryptography, enables one to verify that the state of the quantum
system has not been tampered with, and thus one can obtain privacy regardless
of the power of the eavesdropper. All previous protocols relied on the ability
to faithfully send quantum states. In fact, until recently, they could all be
reduced to a single protocol where security is ensured though sharing maximally
entangled states. Here we show this need not be the case -- one can obtain
verifiable privacy even through some channels which cannot be used to reliably
send quantum states.Comment: Related to quant-ph/0608195 and for a more general audienc
- …