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arXiv:0803.1965 · Physical Review A

Oscillations of the purity in the repeated-measurement-based generation of quantum states

Benedetto Militello, Kazuya Yuasa, Hiromichi Nakazato, ANTONINO MESSINA

Published Apr 16, 2008• 2 citations
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Abstract

Repeated observations of a quantum system interacting with another one can drive the latter toward a particular quantum state, irrespective of its initial condition, because of an effective nonunitary evolution. If the target state is a pure one, the degree of purity of the system approaches unity, even when the initial condition of the system is a mixed state. In this paper we study the behavior of the purity from the initial value to the final one, that is, unity. Depending on the parameters, after a finite number of measurements, the purity exhibits oscillations that brings about a lower purity than that of the initial state, which is a point to be taken care of in concrete applications.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.77.042109

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A quantum system put in interaction with another one that is repeatedly measured is subject to a nonunitary dynamics, through which it is possible to extract subspaces. This key idea has been exploited to propose schemes aimed at the generation of pure quantum states (purification). All such schemes have so far been considered in the ideal situations of isolated systems. In this paper, we analyze the influence of non-negligible interactions with environment during the extraction process, with the scope of investigating the possibility of purifying the state of a system in spite of the sources of dissipation. A general framework is presented and a paradigmatic example consisting of two interacting spins immersed in a bosonic bath is studied. The effectiveness of the purification scheme is discussed in terms of purity for different values of the relevant parameters and in connection with the bath temperature.
We investigate the effect of conditional null measurements on a quantum system and find a rich variety of behaviors. Specifically, quantum dynamics with a time independent HHH in a finite dimensional Hilbert space are considered with repeated strong null measurements of a specified state. We discuss four generic behaviors that emerge in these monitored systems. The first arises in systems without symmetry, along with their associated degeneracies in the energy spectrum, and hence in the absence of dark states as well. In this case, a unique final state can be found which is determined by the largest eigenvalue of the survival operator, the non-unitary operator encoding both the unitary evolution between measurements and the measurement itself. For a three-level system, this is similar to the well known shelving effect. Secondly, for systems with built-in symmetry and correspondingly a degenerate energy spectrum, the null measurements dynamically select the degenerate energy levels, while the non-degenerate levels are effectively wiped out. Thirdly, in the absence of dark states, and for specific choices of parameters, two or more eigenvalues of the survival operator match in magnitude, and this leads to an oscillatory behavior controlled by the measurement rate and not solely by the energy levels. Finally, when the control parameters are tuned, such that the eigenvalues of the survival operator all coalesce to zero, one has exceptional points that corresponds to situations that violate the null measurement condition, making the conditional measurement process impossible.
The effect of repeated measurements on unitary evolution of a quantum system at regular intervals has been studied picking a specific example of a quantum, particle moving on a lattice of three sites. Dividing the system into two subsystems, we obtain the survival probability of the particle (i.e. particle not being detected) by time evolution followed by projection onto one subsystem. Using this evolution operator we obtain the expression for effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonian whose dynamics could be mapped to a general firs-order perturbation approach. We obtained a good argument between three approaches followed for calculating the survival probability, namely, the first order perturbative approach, the exact non-hermitian evolution and repeated the non-hermitian measurements interrupting the unitary evolution. Further we obtained the non-Hermitian degeneracies called Exceptional Points using the effective Hamiltonian. Finally, the presence of exceptional point is verified by decomposing the initial state into eigenstates of effective Hamiltonian and observing the behavior of the coefficients of decomposition while traversing through each parameter on which the exceptional point depends.