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Linear quantum measurements

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

Linear response theory describes quantum measurement with an arbitrary detector weakly coupled to a measured system. This description produces generic quantitative relation characterizing the detector that is analogous to the fluctuation-dissipation theorem for equilibrium systems. The detector characteristic obtained in this way shows how efficient the trade-off is between the back-action dephasing and information acquisition by the detector.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0301524,
  title  = {Linear quantum measurements},
  author = {D. V. Averin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0301524},
  year   = {2007}
}

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12 pages, 1 figure