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Basis-Independent Coherence Dynamics of Tripartite States under Pure Dephasing

Quantum Physics 2026-07-15 v1

Abstract

Quantum coherence is a fundamental quantum resource whose preservation under environmental interactions is essential for quantum information processing. While most studies have focused on basis-dependent coherence measures, the dynamics of intrinsic coherence quantified by basis-independent measures remain largely unexplored. In this work, we investigate the dynamics of basis-independent quantum coherence for several representative tripartite pure and mixed states subjected to local and common dephasing environments in both Markovian and non-Markovian regimes. We show that Markovian local dephasing leads to state-dependent coherence degradation, whereas collective dephasing significantly enhances coherence preservation through decoherence-free sectors. More importantly, non-Markovian environments give rise to nearly frozen coherence dynamics for both pure and mixed states, demonstrating the remarkable robustness of intrinsic coherence against dephasing environment. A comparison with the measure of relative entropy of coherence reveals that basis-independent coherence measure exhibits substantially greater resilience and qualitatively different dynamical behaviour than its basis-dependent counterpart. These results provide new insights into the preservation of intrinsic multipartite coherence in open quantum systems and highlight basis-independent coherence as a robust quantum resource for realistic noisy quantum technologies.

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@article{arxiv.2607.13512,
  title  = {Basis-Independent Coherence Dynamics of Tripartite States under Pure Dephasing},
  author = {Sovik Roy and Abhijit Mandal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.13512},
  year   = {2026}
}

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16 pages, 5 figures and 1 table