Quantum catalyst

In quantum information theory, a quantum catalyst is a special ancillary quantum state whose presence enables certain local transformations that would otherwise by impossible.[1][2]

References

  1. Jonathan, D.; Plenio, M. B. (1999). "Entanglement-Assisted Local Manipulation of Pure Quantum States". Physical Review Letters. 83 (17): 3566. Bibcode:1999PhRvL..83.3566J. arXiv:quant-ph/9905071Freely accessible. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3566.
  2. Duarte, Cristhiano; Drumond, Raphael C.; Marcelo Terra Cunha (2015). "Self-catalytic conversion of pure quantum states". arXiv:1504.06364Freely accessible [quant-ph].


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