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2012-05-18Type
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Abstract
The one-shot classical capacity of a quantum channel quantifies the amount of classical information that can be transmitted through a single use of the channel such that the error probability is below a certain threshold. In this work, we show that this capacity is well approximated by a relative-entropy-type measure defined via hypothesis testing. Combined with a quantum version of Stein’s lemma, our results give a conceptually simple proof of the well-known Holevo-Schumacher-Westmoreland theorem for the capacity of memoryless channels. More generally, we obtain tight capacity formulas for arbitrary (not necessarily memoryless) channels. Show more
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publishedJournal / series
Physical Review LettersVolume
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Publisher
American Physical SocietyOrganisational unit
03781 - Renner, Renato / Renner, Renato
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