Holevo's bound from a general quantum fluctuation theorem

The authors thank Jacob Taylor and Eric Lutz for interesting discussions. SD acknowledges financial support by a fellowship within the postdoc-program of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, contract No D/11/40955). DK acknowledges financial support by a fellowship from the Joint Quantum Institute.

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