Some Remarks on Quantum Coherence
摘要
There are many striking phenomena which are attributed to ``quantum coherence''. It is natural to wonder if there are new quantum coherence effects waiting to be discovered which could lead to interesting results and perhaps even practical applications. A useful starting point for such discussions is a definition of ``quantum coherence''. In this article I give a definition of quantum coherence and use a number of illustrations to explore the implications of this definition. I point to topics of current interest in the fields of cosmology and quantum computation where questions of quantum coherence arise, and I emphasize the impact that interactions with the environment can have on quantum coherence.
引用
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9402062,
title = {Some Remarks on Quantum Coherence},
author = {Andreas Albrecht},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9402062},
year = {2009}
}
备注
25 pages plain LaTeX, no figures. More references have been added and typos have been corrected. Journal of Modern Optics, in press. Imperial/TP/93-94/14