In this paper, we present the explicit transformations of the optimal 1 → 3, 4, 5 phase-covariant cloning in 3 dimensions. The cloning fidelities are covered by the theoretical bounds of the optimal 1 → 3k, 3k + 1, 3k + 2 phase-covariant cloning of qutrits, where k ≥ 1 is the integral [Phys. Rev. A 67 (2003) 042306].
We consider cloning transformations of equatorial qubits $|{\ensuremath{\psi}}_{\ensuremath{\varphi}}〉=1/\sqrt{2}(|0〉{+e}^{i\ensuremath{\varphi}}|1〉)$ and qutrits $|{\ensuremath{\psi}}_{\ensuremath{\varphi},\ensuremath{\theta}}〉=1/\sqrt{3}(|0〉{+e}^{i\ensuremath{\varphi}}|1〉{+e}^{i\ensuremath{\theta}}|2〉),$ with the transformation covariant for rotation of the phases $\ensuremath{\varphi}$ and $\ensuremath{\theta}.$ The optimal cloning maps are derived without simplifying assumptions from first principles, for any number of input and output qubits, and for a single-input qutrit and any number of output qutrits. We also compare the cloning maps for global and single-particle fidelities, and we show that the two criteria lead to different optimal maps.
We present an explicit transformation of optimal asymmetric $1\ensuremath{\rightarrow}2$ real state cloning in two dimensions. Interestingly, the distribution of the two fidelities of the cloning is the same as its counterpart in optimal asymmetric phase-covariant cloning. We also generalize the cloner to the d-dimensional case and derive the explicit transformation of the optimal symmetric $1\ensuremath{\rightarrow}2$ real state cloning in the d-dimensional system. The maximal fidelity of two clones obtained coincides with the theoretical value [P. Vavez and N. J. Cerf, Phys. Rev. A 68, 032313 (2003)].