Quantum erasure of decoherence

Details Quantum erasure of decoherence Quantum erasure of decoherence

2006-11-07

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0611070v1

Open Sys. & Information Dyn. 14, 53 (2007)

Physics

Quantum Physics

10 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1007/s11080-007-9028-4

We consider the classical algebra of observables that are diagonal in a given orthonormal basis, and define a complete decoherence process as a completely positive map that asymptotically converts any quantum observable into a diagonal one, while preserving the elements of the classical algebra. For quantum systems in dimension two and three any decoherence process can be undone by collecting classical information from the environment and using such an information to restore the initial system state. As a relevant example, we illustrate the quantum eraser of Scully et al. [Nature 351, 111 (1991)] as an example of environment-assisted correction. Moreover, we present the generalization of the eraser setup for d-dimensional systems, showing that any von Neumann measurement on a system can be undone by a complementary measurement on the environment.

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