Quantum channels and their entropic characteristics

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Holevo, A S ^a   Giovannetti, V ^b  

^a STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ISTITUTO NANOSCIENZE CNR   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/75/4/046001     Document Type: Article

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