An entropic analysis of approximate quantum error correction

Carlo Cafaro and Peter van Loock

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2014, vol. 404, issue C, 34-46

Abstract: The concept of entropy and the correct application of the Second Law of thermodynamics are essential in order to understand the reason why quantum error correction is thermodynamically possible and no violation of the Second Law occurs during its execution.

Keywords: Entropy; Quantum error correction; Thermodynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.02.070

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