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Quantum Speed Limits under Continuous Quantum Measurements

Quantum Physics 2019-04-09 v2 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

The pace of evolution of physical systems is fundamentally constrained by quantum speed limits (QSL), which have found broad applications in quantum science and technology. We consider the speed of evolution for quantum systems undergoing stochastic dynamics due to continuous measurements. It is shown that that there are trajectories for which standard QSL are violated, and we provide estimates for the range of velocities in an ensemble of realizations of continuous measurement records. We determine the dispersion of the speed of evolution and characterize the full statistics of single trajectories. By characterizing the dispersion of the Bures angle, we further show that continuous quantum measurements induce Brownian dynamics in Hilbert space.

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@article{arxiv.1804.01600,
  title  = {Quantum Speed Limits under Continuous Quantum Measurements},
  author = {Luis Pedro García-Pintos and Adolfo del Campo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.01600},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

main text: 7 pages, 3 figures; appendix: 4 pages, 2 figures

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