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Non-Markovian noise that cannot be dynamically decoupled by periodic spin echo pulses

Quantum Physics 2021-08-11 v5 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Dynamical decoupling is the leading technique to remove unwanted interactions in a vast range of quantum systems through fast rotations. But what determines the time-scale of such rotations in order to achieve good decoupling? By providing an explicit counterexample of a qubit coupled to a charged particle and magnetic monopole, we show that such time-scales cannot be decided by the decay profile induced by the noise: even though the system shows a quadratic decay (a Zeno region revealing non-Markovian noise), it cannot be decoupled by periodic spin echo pulses, no matter how fast the rotations.

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@article{arxiv.1904.03627,
  title  = {Non-Markovian noise that cannot be dynamically decoupled by periodic spin echo pulses},
  author = {Daniel Burgarth and Paolo Facchi and Martin Fraas and Robin Hillier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.03627},
  year   = {2021}
}

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