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Are all noisy quantum states obtained from pure ones?
L Henderson1, N Linden, S Popescu
1Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TW, United Kingdom.
Physical Review Letters
|December 12, 2001
Abstract:
We ask what type of mixed quantum states can arise when a number of separated parties start by sharing a pure quantum state and then this pure state becomes contaminated by noise. We show that not all mixed states arise in this way. This is even the case if the separated parties actively try to degrade their initial pure state by arbitrary local actions and classical communication.