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Title: Distance growth of quantum states due to initial system-environment correlations

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, PL-40-007 Katowice (Poland)

Intriguing features of the distance between two arbitrary states of an open quantum system are identified that are induced by initial system-environment correlations. As an example, we analyze a qubit dephasingly coupled to a bosonic environment. Within tailored parameter regimes, initial correlations are shown to substantially increase the distance between two qubit states evolving to long-time-limit states according to exact non-Markovian dynamics. It exemplifies the breakdown of the distance contractivity of the reduced dynamics.

OSTI ID:
21442904
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 82, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.82.012341; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English