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On the Entanglement Structure in Quantum Cloning

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We study the entanglement properties of the output state of a universal cloning machine. We analyse in particular bipartite and tripartite entanglement of the clones, and discuss the “classical limit” of infinitely many output copies.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hannover, Appelstr. 2, D-30167, Hannover, Germany

    Dagmar Bruß

  2. Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Volta” and INFM-Unità di Pavia, Via Bassi 6, 27100, Pavia, Italy

    Chiara Macchiavello

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Bruß, D., Macchiavello, C. On the Entanglement Structure in Quantum Cloning. Foundations of Physics 33, 1617–1628 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026061117305

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