On the correspondence principle: implications from a study of the chaotic dynamics of a macroscopic quantum device

Details On the correspondence principle: implications from a study of the chaotic dynamics of a macroscopic quantum device On the correspondence principle: implications from a study of the chaotic dynamics of a macroscopic quantum device

2007-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/0712.3043v3

New J. Phys. 11 (2009) 013014

Physics

Quantum Physics

16 pages, 5 figures. significantly expanded - to be published in New Journal of Physics

Scientific paper

10.1088/1367-2630/11/1/013014

The recovery of classical chaotic dynamics from quantum systems has long been a subject of interest. Furthermore, recent work indicates that quantum chaos may well be significant in quantum information processing. In this paper we discuss the quantum to classical crossover of a superconducting quantum inference device (SQUID) ring. Such devices comprise of thick superconducting loop enclosing a Josephson weak link. These devices are currently strong candidates for many applications in quantum technologies. The weak link brings with it a non-linearity such that semi-classical models of this system can exhibit chaotic dynamics. For many similar systems an application of the correspondence principle together with the inclusion of environmental degrees of freedom through a quantum trajectories approach can be used to effectively recover classical dynamics. Here we show (i) that the standard expression of the correspondence principle is incompatible with the ring Hamiltonian and we present a more pragmatic and general expression which finds application here and (ii) that practical limitations to circuit parameters of the SQUID ring prevent arbitrarily accurate recovery of classical chaotic dynamics.

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