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arXiv:1108.0701 · Physical Review A

Geometric-phase backaction in a mesoscopic qubit-oscillator system

Giovanni Vacanti, Rosario Fazio, M. S. Kim, G. Massimo Palma, Mauro Paternostro, Vlatko Vedral

Published Feb 29, 2012• 25 citations
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Abstract

We illustrate a reverse Von Neumann measurement scheme in which a geometric phase induced on a quantum harmonic oscillator is measured using a microscopic qubit as a probe. We show how such a phase, generated by a cyclic evolution in the phase space of the harmonic oscillator, can be kicked back on the qubit, which plays the role of a quantum interferometer. We also extend our study to finite-temperature dissipative Markovian dynamics and discuss potential implementations in micro- and nanomechanical devices coupled to an effective two-level system.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.85.022129

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