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Quantum Cloning Machines

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Part of the book series: Topics in Applied Physics ((TAP,volume 102))

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This Chapter is a review of various quantum cloning machines. The author focuses on several well-studied quantum cloning machines: universal quantum cloning machines, phase-covariant quantum cloning machines, asymmetric quantum cloning machines, and probabilistic quantum cloning machines.

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  1. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China

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  1. Graduate School of Information, Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan

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Fan, H. (2006). Quantum Cloning Machines. In: Imai, H., Hayashi, M. (eds) Quantum Computation and Information. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 102. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33133-6_4

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