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Phase shift operator and cyclic evolution in finite dimensional Hilbert space

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We address the problem of phase shift operator acting as time evolution operator in Pegg-Barnett formalism. It is argued that standard shift operator is inconsistent with the behaviour of the state vector under cyclic evolution. We consider a generally deformed oscillator algebra at q-root of unity, as it yields the same Pegg-Barnett operator and show that shift operator meets our requirement.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0003114,
  title  = {Phase shift operator and cyclic evolution in finite dimensional Hilbert space},
  author = {Ramandeep S. Johal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0003114},
  year   = {2007}
}

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