Quantifying decoherence in continuous variable systems

Details Quantifying decoherence in continuous variable systems Quantifying decoherence in continuous variable systems

2005-01-28

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0501173v2

J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 7, R19 (2005)

Physics

Quantum Physics

Review article; 36 pages, 19 figures; typos corrected, references added

Scientific paper

10.1088/1464-4266/7/4/R01

We present a detailed report on the decoherence of quantum states of continuous variable systems under the action of a quantum optical master equation resulting from the interaction with general Gaussian uncorrelated environments. The rate of decoherence is quantified by relating it to the decay rates of various, complementary measures of the quantum nature of a state, such as the purity, some nonclassicality indicators in phase space and, for two-mode states, entanglement measures and total correlations between the modes. Different sets of physically relevant initial configurations are considered, including one- and two-mode Gaussian states, number states, and coherent superpositions. Our analysis shows that, generally, the use of initially squeezed configurations does not help to preserve the coherence of Gaussian states, whereas it can be effective in protecting coherent superpositions of both number states and Gaussian wave packets.

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