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Non-Markovian discrete qubit dynamics

Quantum Physics 2016-02-02 v1

Abstract

The study of open quantum systems is important for fundamental issues of quantum physics as well as for technological applications such as quantum information processing. The interaction of a quantum system with it's environment is usually detrimental for the quantum properties of the system and leads to decoherence. However, sometimes a coherent partial exchange of information takes place between the system and the environment and the dynamics of the open system becomes non-Markovian. In this article we study discrete open quantum system dynamics where single evolution step consist of local unitary transformation on the open system followed by a coupling unitary between the system and the environment. We implement experimentally a local control protocol for controlling the transition from Markovian to non-Markovian dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.1602.00060,
  title  = {Non-Markovian discrete qubit dynamics},
  author = {Jun Sun and Yong-Nan Sun and Chuan-Feng Li and Guang-Can Guo and Kimmo Luoma and Jyrki Piilo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.00060},
  year   = {2016}
}

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8 pages, 5figures

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