Effect of an External Field on Decoherence
Quantum Physics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
"Decoherence of quantum superpositions through coupling to engineered reservoirs" is the topic of a recent article by Myatt et al. [Nature {\underline{403}}, 269 (2000)] which has attracted much interest because of its relevance to current research in fundamental quantum theory, quantum computation, teleportation, entanglement and the quantum-classical interface. However, the preponderance of theoretical work on decoherence does not consider the effect of an {\underline{external field}}. Here, we present an analysis of such an effect in the case of the random delta-correlated force discussed by Myatt et al.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0311020,
title = {Effect of an External Field on Decoherence},
author = {R. F. O'Connell and Jian Zuo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0311020},
year = {2009}
}