Purity of Gaussian states: measurement schemes and time-evolution in noisy channels

Details Purity of Gaussian states: measurement schemes and time-evolution in noisy channels Purity of Gaussian states: measurement schemes and time-evolution in noisy channels

2003-04-08

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0304059v2

Phys. Rev. A 68, 012314 (2003)

Physics

Quantum Physics

9 Pages, 6 Figures; minor errors corrected

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.68.012314

We present a systematic study of the purity for Gaussian states of single-mode continuous variable systems. We prove the connection of purity to observable quantities for these states, and show that the joint measurement of two conjugate quadratures is necessary and sufficient to determine the purity at any time. The statistical reliability and the range of applicability of the proposed measurement scheme is tested by means of Monte Carlo simulated experiments. We then consider the dynamics of purity in noisy channels. We derive an evolution equation for the purity of general Gaussian states both in thermal and squeezed thermal baths. We show that purity is maximized at any given time for an initial coherent state evolving in a thermal bath, or for an initial squeezed state evolving in a squeezed thermal bath whose asymptotic squeezing is orthogonal to that of the input state.

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