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We analyse a class of quantum dynamical processes which may lead to the hindering of the decay of a non-stationary state through appropriate entanglement with an additional two-level system. In this case the process can be considered as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 A. F. R. de Toledo Piza , M. C. Nemes

If frequent measurements ascertain whether a quantum system is still in its initial state, transitions to other states are hindered and the quantum Zeno effect takes place. However, in its broader formulation, the quantum Zeno effect does…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-03-20 P. Facchi , S. Pascazio

Frequent Measurements on an unstable particle located at observable initial state freeze the particle on this state, known as quantum Zeno effect [1-14]. Measurements on an observable subspace further open the prelude of quantum Zeno…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-03 Tung-Ho Shieh , Kun-Yuan Wu , Hsiu-Fen Kao , Kuan-Ming Hung

We point out that the quantum Zeno effect, i.e., inhibition of spontaneous decay by frequent measurements, is observable only in spectrally finite reservoirs, i.e., in cavities and waveguides, using a sequence of evolution-interrupting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. G. Kofman , G. Kurizki

It was predicted that frequently repeated measurements on an unstable quantum state may alter the decay rate of the state. This is called the quantum Zeno effect (QZE) or the anti-Zeno effect (AZE), depending on whether the decay is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Koshino , A. Shimizu

A quantum system being observed evolves more slowly. This `'quantum Zeno effect'' is reviewed with respect to a previous attempt of demonstration, and to subsequent criticism of the significance of the findings. A recent experiment on an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Chr. Wunderlich , Chr. Balzer , P. E. Toschek

The dynamics of a quantum system undergoing frequent measurements (quantum Zeno effect) is investigated. Using asymptotic analysis, the system is found to evolve unitarily in a proper subspace of the total Hilbert space. For spatial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 P. Facchi , S. Pascazio , A. Scardicchio , L. S. Schulman

If frequent measurements ascertain whether a quantum system is still in a given subspace, it remains in that subspace and a quantum Zeno effect takes place. The limiting time evolution within the projected subspace is called quantum Zeno…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-02-04 Paolo Facchi , Marilena Ligabò

We analyze some variants of the Zeno effect in which the frequent observation of the population of an intermediate state does not prevent the transition of the system from the initial state to a certain final state. This is achieved by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 Julio Cuadrado , Alfredo Luis

In this work, we study the decay behavior of a two-level system under the competing influence of a dissipative environment and repetitive measurements. The sign of the second derivative of the environmental spectral density function with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-30 Jia-Ming Zhang , Jun Jing* , Li-Gang Wang , Shi-Yao Zhu

After reviewing the description of an unstable state in the framework of nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics (QM) and relativistic Quantum Field Theory (QFT), we consider the effect of pulsed, ideal measurements repeated at equal time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-12 Francesco Giacosa , Giuseppe Pagliara

An unstable particle in quantum mechanics can be stabilized by frequent measurements, known as the quantum Zeno effect. A soliton with dissipation behaves like an unstable particle. Similar to the quantum Zeno effect, here we show that the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2008-08-28 Hong-Gang Luo , Dun Zhao , Xu-Gang He , Lin Li

We demonstrate that repeated measurements in disordered systems can induce quantum anti-Zeno effect under certain condition to enhance quantum transport. The enhancement of energy transfer is really exhibited with a simple model under…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-30 Keisuke Fujii , Katsuji Yamamoto

The inhibition of the decay of a quantum system by frequent measurements is known as quantum Zeno effect. Beyond the limit of projective measurements, the interplay between the unitary dynamics of the system and the coupling to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-09 Andreas Prinz-Zwick , Gert-Ludwig Ingold , Peter Talkner

After reviewing the description of an unstable state in the framework of Lee Hamiltonians (valid both for Quantum Mechanics (QM) and Quantum Field Theory (QFT)), we consider some theoretical aspects of non-exponential decays: the case of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-22 Francesco Giacosa

This article deals with the problem of gathering information on the time evolution of a single metastable quantum system whose evolution is impeded by the quantum Zeno effect. It has been found it is in principle possible to obtain some…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Simone De Liberato

We examine the quantum Zeno effect on the dynamics of quantum discord in two initially entangled qubits which are subjected to frequent measurements via decoherent coupling with independent reservoirs. The links between characteristic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-06-15 A. Thilagam

The quantum Zeno effect is the suppression of Hamiltonian evolution by repeated observation, resulting in the pinning of the state to an eigenstate of the measurement observable. Using measurement only, control of the state can be achieved…

Quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects on pure dephasing are studied using exactly solvable microscopic models. The crossover between these two opposite effects is investigated. The case of a single two-level system undergoing dephasing is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-24 Adam Zaman Chaudhry , Jiangbin Gong

We study the quantum Zeno effect in the case of indirect measurement, where the detector does not interact directly with the unstable system. Expanding on the model of Koshino and Shimizu [Phys. Rev. Lett., 92, 030401, (2004)] we consider a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. G. Makris , P. Lambropoulos