Completely-Positive Non-Markovian Decoherence
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We propose an effective Hamiltonian approach to investigate decoherence of a quantum system in a non-Markovian reservoir, naturally imposing the complete positivity on the reduced dynamics of the system. The formalism is based on the notion of an effective reservoir, i.e., certain collective degrees of freedom in the reservoir that are responsible for the decoherence. As examples for completely positive decoherence, we present three typical decoherence processes for a qubit such as dephasing, depolarizing, and amplitude-damping. The effects of the non-Markovian decoherence are compared to the Markovian decoherence.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0403018,
title = {Completely-Positive Non-Markovian Decoherence},
author = {Jinhyoung Lee and Inbo Kim and Helen McAneney and M. S. Kim and Doyeol Ahn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0403018},
year = {2007}
}
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8 pages, 1 figure