Assessing the quantumness of a damped two-level system
Quantum Physics
2018-05-31 v1
Abstract
We perform a detailed analysis of the nonclassical properties of a damped two-level system. We compute and compare three different criteria of quantumness, the -norm of coherence, the Leggett- Garg inequality and a quantum witness based on the no-signaling in time condition. We show that all three quantum indicators decay exponentially in time as a result of the coupling to the thermal reservoir. We further demonstrate that the corresponding characteristic times are identical and given by the coherence half-life. These results quantify how violations of Leggett-Garg inequalities and nonzero values of the quantum witness are connected to the coherence of the two-level system.
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@article{arxiv.1610.07626,
title = {Assessing the quantumness of a damped two-level system},
author = {Alexander Friedenberger and Eric Lutz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.07626},
year = {2018}
}
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8 pages, 6 figures