Quantum Reversibility: Is there an Echo?

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2003-08-21

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0308112v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 010402 (2004).

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.010402

We study the possibility to undo the quantum mechanical evolution in a time reversal experiment. The naive expectation, as reflected in the common terminology ("Loschmidt echo"), is that maximum compensation results if the reversed dynamics extends to the same time as the forward evolution. We challenge this belief, and demonstrate that the time $t_r$ for maximum return probability is in general shorter. We find that $t_r$ depends on $lambda = eps_evol/eps_prep$, being the ratio of the error in setting the parameters (fields) for the time reversed evolution to the perturbation which is involved in the preparation process. Our results should be observable in spin-echo experiments where the dynamical irreversibility of quantum phases is measured.

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