Density matrix purification due to continuous quantum measurement
arXiv:cond-mat/9906439 · doi:10.1016/S0921-4526(99)01792-5
Abstract
We consider the continuous quantum measurement of a two-level system, for example, a single-Cooper-pair box measured by a single-electron transistor or a double-quantum dot measured by a quantum point contact. While the approach most commonly used describes the gradual decoherence of the system due to the measurement, we show that when taking into account the detector output, we get the opposite effect: gradual purification of the density matrix. The competition between purification due to measurement and decoherence due to interaction with the environment can be described by a simple Langevin equation which couples the random evolution of the system density matrix and the stochastic detector output. The gradual density matrix purification due to continuous measurement may be verified experimentally using present-day technology. The effect can be useful for quantum computing.
2 pages, 1 figure; submitted to LT'22
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