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A non-Markovian decoherence theory for double dot charge qubit

arXiv:0809.3490 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.235311

Abstract

In this paper, we develop a non-perturbation theory for describing decoherence dynamics of electron charges in a double quantum dot gated by electrodes. We extend the Feynman-Vernon influence functional theory to fermionic environments and derive an exact master equation for the reduced density matrix of electrons in the double dot for a general spectral density at arbitrary temperature and bias. We then investigate the decoherence dynamics of the double dot charge qubit with back-action of the reservoirs being fully taken into account. Time-dependent fluctuations and leakage effects induced from the dot-reservoir coupling are explicitly explored. The charge qubit dynamics from the Markovian to non-Markovian regime is systematically studied under various manipulating conditions. The decay behavior of charge qubit coherence and the corresponding relaxation time and dephasing time are analyzed in details.

26 pages, 22 figures

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