Comment on "Universal Decoherence in Solids"

Abstract

We discuss the formula for the decoherence rate proposed by Eugene M. Chudnovsky [Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120405 (2004)]. We show that it has a limited range of validity and is not applicable to evaluation of the width of a low-energy optical mode considered by Chudnovsky as an example. This is due to unjustified use of the Fermi golden rule for calculation of the relaxation rate. We present more general expression for the probability of the phonon-induced transition.

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