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Non-Markovianity during quantum Zeno effect

Quantum Physics 2015-06-15 v1 Chemical Physics

Abstract

We examine the Zeno and anti-Zeno effects in the context of non-Markovian dynamics in entangled spin-boson systems in contact with noninteracting reservoirs. We identify enhanced non-Markovian signatures in specific two-qubit partitions of a Bell-like initial state, with results showing that the intra-qubit Zeno effect or anti-Zeno effect occurs in conjunction with inter-qubit non-Markovian dynamics for a range of system parameters. The time domain of effective Zeno or anti-Zeno dynamics is about the same order of magnitude as the non-Markovian time scale of the reservoir correlation dynamics, and changes in decay rate due to the Zeno mechanism appears coordinated with information flow between specific two-qubit partitions. We extend our analysis to examine the Zeno mechanism-non-Markovianity link using the tripartite states arising from a donor-acceptor-sink model of photosynthetic biosystems.

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@article{arxiv.1304.3194,
  title  = {Non-Markovianity during quantum Zeno effect},
  author = {A. Thilagam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.3194},
  year   = {2015}
}

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14 pages, 4 figs., Journal of Chemical Physics (2013), to appear

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