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Continuous Quantum Monitoring of Position of Nonlinear Oscillators

Quantum Physics 2009-10-30 v1 Condensed Matter

Abstract

Application of the path-integral approach to continuous measurements leads to effective Lagrangians or Hamiltonians in which the effect of the measurement is taken into account through an imaginary term. We apply these considerations to nonlinear oscillators with use of numerical computations to evaluate quantum limitations for monitoring position in such a class of systems.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9709006,
  title  = {Continuous Quantum Monitoring of Position of Nonlinear Oscillators},
  author = {Michael B. Mensky and Roberto Onofrio and Carlo Presilla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9709006},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, REVTeX 3.0, 4 PostScript figures