Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2002-01-18
Physics
Quantum Physics
19 pages, no figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.66.022310
We investigate the evolution of a single qubit subject to a continuous unitary dynamics and an additional interrupting influence which occurs periodically. One may imagine a dynamically evolving closed quantum system which becomes open at certain times. The interrupting influence is represented by an operation, which is assumed to equivalently describe a non-selective unsharp measurement. It may be decomposed into a positive operator, which in case of a measurement represents the pure measurement part, followed by an unitary back-action operator. Equations of motion for the state evolution are derived in the form of difference equations. It is shown that the 'free' Hamiltonian is completed by an averaged Hamiltonian, which goes back to the back-action. The positive operator specifies a decoherence rate and results in a decoherence term. The continuum limit to a master equation is performed. The selective evolution is discussed and correcting higher order terms are worked out in an Appendix.
Audretsch Juergen
Diosi Lajos
Konrad Thomas
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