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No-cloning Theorem

The No-Cloning Theorem is a fundamental principle in quantum information theory stating that it is impossible to create an identical copy of an arbitrary unknown quantum state due to the linearity of quantum mechanics and the preservation of inner products under unitary evolution.

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A single quantum cannot be cloned

William K. Wootters, Wojciech H. Zurek · Nature · 1982 · 5.4K citations

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Quantum repeaters based on atomic ensembles and linear optics

Nicolas Sangouard, Christoph Simon, Hugues de Riedmatten et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2011 · 2K citations · Full text

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Continuous Variable Quantum Cryptography Using Coherent States

Frédéric Grosshans, Philippe Grangier · Physical Review Letters · 2002 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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How to Share a Quantum Secret

Richard Cleve, Daniel Gottesman, Hoi‐Kwong Lo · Physical Review Letters · 1999 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Quantum copying: Beyond the no-cloning theorem

Vladimír Bužek, M. Hillery · Physical Review A · 1996 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. NJ
    Nicolas J. Cerf

    Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

    5 publications · 706 citations

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  2. GC
    Giulio Chiribella

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. TC
    Timothy C. Ralph

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    4 publications · 180 citations

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  4. JB
    Jonathan Barrett

    Perimeter Institute, Canada

    3 publications · 855 citations

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  5. NG
    Nicolas Gisin

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    3 publications · 2.6K citations

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Institutions

187

  1. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    6K citations

  2. Perimeter Institute

    Waterloo, Canada

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    2.5K citations

  3. Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Brussels, Belgium

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology

    Sydney, Australia

    6 h-index

    18 publications

    816 citations

  5. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    699 citations

  6. University of Science and Technology of China

    Hefei, China

    4 h-index

    13 publications

    423 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    4.9K citations

  8. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    606 citations

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Venues

  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 15 publications · 4.5K citations

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  2. Physical Review A

    PRA · 16 publications · 3.8K citations

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  3. Physical review. A/Physical review, A

    PRA · 7 publications · 347 citations

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  4. Scientific Reports

    5 publications · 126 citations

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  5. ArXiv.org

    Repository · 5 publications · 129 citations

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