No-cloning theorem
Teorema de no clonación
- Date
- 1982 · confidence medium
- Place
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Credited to
- William Wootters and Wojciech Zurek (1982); also Dennis Dieks (1982), independently
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
A quantum-mechanics theorem proving that it is impossible to create an independent, identical copy of an arbitrary unknown quantum state, formulated independently by Wootters, Zurek, and Dieks.
What it led to
- Quantum cryptography and key distribution
- Quantum error-correction protocols
- Quantum information theory
- Fundamental limits of quantum computing