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Mesoscopic quantum measurements

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The paper discusses dynamics of quantum measurements in mesoscopic solid-state systems. The aim is to show how the general ideas of the quantum measurement theory play out in the realistic models of actual mesoscopic detectors. The two general models of ballistic and tunneling detectors are described and studied quantitatively. Simple transformation cycle demonstrating wavefunction reduction in a mesosocpic qubit is suggested.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0603802,
  title  = {Mesoscopic quantum measurements},
  author = {Dmitri V. Averin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0603802},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

23 pages, 5 figures; to be published in the proceedings of the school "Enrico Fermi" on "Quantum Computers, Algorithms, and Chaos"