Unique determination and generation of rank two single-qubit quantum channels

Abstract

An important problem in quantum technologies is the generation of a target evolution of an open quantum system. A core component of this task is the ability to determine whether the actual evolution of the system coincides with the target evolution. For the generation of unitary quantum channels in open quantum systems, it was shown by Goerz, Reich and Koch [New J. Phys. {\bf 16} 055012 (2014)] that for determining whether the actual evolution coincides with a desired unitary it is sufficient to compare their action on three special density matrices. In this work, we consider controlled generation and unique determination of non-unitary quantum channels in open quantum systems with particular emphasis on rank two single-qubit quantum channels. We prove that to uniquely determine such quantum channels it is sufficient to consider their action on only three suitably chosen density matrices. Based on this theoretical result, we numerically investigate generation of various non-unitary target single-qubit quantum channels in open quantum systems using coherent and incoherent controls.

arXiv commentThis is preprint of the finally published version. Published version has a significantly polished numerical part

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