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In a series of individual works, Lloyd, Shor, and then Devetak developed what is known as the "LSD Theorem," which gives a formula for the quantum capacity of a quantum channel. The result states that the quantum capacity $Q$ of a channel $\Phi$ is the regularization of the coherent information, written Q(\Phi)=\frac{\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}}{n}...

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Intuition The expression $\|\mathcal{A} - \mathcal{I}\|_\diamond$ quantifies how close the channel $\mathcal{A}$ is to the identity channel $\mathcal{I}$ which is the channel that preserves quantum information perfectly. In order for a channel to transfer quantum information well, it must preserve both diagonal and off-diagonal elements of the input density ...

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TL;DR Quantum capacity of $\mathcal{N}_2\circ\mathcal{N}_1$ can be anywhere between zero and the minimum of the quantum capacities of $\mathcal{N}_1$ and $\mathcal{N}_2$. Background Quantum capacity of a quantum channel $\mathcal{N}$ is defined as the greatest real number $Q(\mathcal{N})$ such that for any $R < Q(\mathcal{N})$ (representing a transmission ...

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