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Mixed state non-Abelian holonomy for subsystems

Quantum Physics 2016-08-16 v2

Abstract

Non-Abelian holonomy in dynamical systems may arise in adiabatic transport of energetically degenerate sets of states. We examine such a holonomy structure for mixtures of energetically degenerate quantal states. We demonstrate that this structure has a natural interpretation in terms of the standard Wilczek-Zee holonomy associated with a certain class of Hamiltonians that couple the system to an ancilla. The mixed state holonomy is analysed for holonomic quantum computation using ion traps.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0404162,
  title  = {Mixed state non-Abelian holonomy for subsystems},
  author = {Mikael Nordling and Erik Sjöqvist},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0404162},
  year   = {2016}
}

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