Asymptotic Purification of Quantum Trajectories under Random Generalized Measurements
arXiv:2404.03168 · doi:10.1007/s00023-025-01638-z
Abstract
We develop a general framework to study quantum trajectories resulting from repeated random measurements subject to stationary noise, and generalize results of Kümmerer and Maassen to this setting. The resulting trajectory of quantum states is a time-inhomogeneous Markov chain in a random environment. Kümmerer and Maassen introduced the concept of dark subspaces for noise-free processes, establishing that their absence is equivalent to asymptotic purification of the system state. We clarify the notion of dark subspaces in the disordered setting by defining a measurable correspondence consisting of a collection of random subspaces satisfying a darkness condition. We further prove that asymptotic purification occurs if and only if this collection of random dark subspaces is empty. Several examples of these phenomena are provided.
32 pages; supported by National Science Foundation Grant No. 2153946; revised the presentation throughout
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