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Quantum communication moves into the unknown

David Deutsch, ARTUR K. EKERT

Published Jun 1, 1993• 5 citations
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Abstract

Information is physical and any processing of information is always performed by physical means – an innocent-sounding statement, but its consequences are anything but trivial. In the last few years there has been an explosion of theoretical and experimental innovations which, their discoverers claim, are creating a fundamental new discipline: a distinctively quantum theory of information.

DOI
10.1088/2058-7058/6/6/17

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