Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
2011-04-04
Phys. Rev. A 83, 062336 (2011)
Physics
Quantum Physics
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Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.83.062336
We present a derivation of the Redfield formalism for treating the dissipative dynamics of a time-dependent quantum system coupled to a classical environment. We compare such a formalism with the master equation approach where the environments are treated quantum mechanically. Focusing on a time-dependent spin-1/2 system we demonstrate the equivalence between both approaches by showing that they lead to the same Bloch equations and, as a consequence, to the same characteristic times $T_{1}$ and $T_{2}$ (associated with the longitudinal and transverse relaxations, respectively). These characteristic times are shown to be related to the operator-sum representation and the equivalent phenomenological-operator approach. Finally, we present a protocol to circumvent the decoherence processes due to the loss of energy (and thus, associated with $T_{1}$). To this end, we simply associate the time-dependence of the quantum system to an easily achieved modulated frequency. A possible implementation of the protocol is also proposed in the context of nuclear magnetic resonance.
Bonagamba T. J.
Celeri Lucas C.
deAzevedo E. R.
Maziero Jonas
Moussa M. H. Y.
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