International Journal of Modern Physics B
COLLAPSE AND REVIVAL EFFECT IN A MESOSCOPIC LC CIRCUIT
Haimei Luo, Yinghua Ji, Jie Liu
Abstract
This paper studied the time evolution of quantum state in a mesoscopic LC circuit with the coupling energy caused by mesoscopic capacitor acting as a tunnel junction. It indicates that the state of the junction evolves into the quantum superposition of two coherent states and, in the state, nonclassical squeezing properties of the circuit appear. It also indicates that the dynamic behavior of the current shows collapse and revival phenomenon. The research in the paper will be helpful to miniaturize integrate circuits and electric components. It will be also important for the utilization of mesoscopic circuits to evolve the quantum states, which work as information carriers.