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The quantum capacity of a pure quantum channel and that of classical-quantum-classical channel are discussed in detail based on the fully quantum mechanical mutual entropy. It is proved that the quantum capacity generalizes the so-called Holevo bound.

We present a communication protocol for chains of permanently coupled qubits which achieves perfect quantum state transfer and which is efficient with respect to the number of chains employed in the scheme. The system consists of M uncoupled identical quantum chains. Local control (gates, measurements) is only allowed at the sending/receiving end of the chains. Under a quite general hypothesis on the interaction Hamiltonian of the qubits, a theorem can be proved which shows that the receiver is able to asymptotically recover the messages by repetitive monitoring of his qubits. We show how two parallel Heisenberg spin chains can be used as quantum wires. Perfect state transfer with a probability of failure lower than P in a Heisenberg chain of N spin-1/2 particles can be achieved in a time scale of the order of .

Quantum capacity of the lossy Gaussian quantum channel remains an open problem in quantum information theory, although the upper and lower bounds are well-known. We show that for the n-use of the channel, the input of entangled commutative Gaussian state does not improve the lower bound of the capacity. When the total energy is limited, an unfair distribution of the energy among the n-use will improve the lower bound.

We present a comprehensive characterization of the interconnections between single-mode, phase-insensitive Gaussian Bosonic Channels resulting from channel concatenation. This characterization enables us to identify, in the parameter space of these maps, two distinct regions: low-ground and high-ground. In the low-ground region, the information capacities are smaller than a designated reference value, while in the high-ground region, they are provably greater. As a direct consequence, we systematically outline an explicit set of upper bounds for the quantum and private capacity of these maps, which combine known upper bounds and composition rules, improving upon existing results.

The quantum capacity of a pure quantum channel and that of classical-quantum-classical channel are discussed in detail based on the fully quantum mechanical mutual entropy. It is proved that the quantum capacity generalizes the so-called Holevo bound.