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Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

Simple quantum systems as a source of coherent information

B. A. Grishanin, Victor N. Zadkov

Published Nov 1, 2000• 0 citations
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Abstract

A set of very important simple quantum systems is analyzed from the standpoint of the amount of coherent information that is accessible when information channels corresponding to the systems are used. It is shown that for simple quantum models the coherent information can be calculated and used for estimating the potential possibilities of the corresponding quantum channel as a source of physical information in experiments associated with the effects of the coherence of quantum states. The following physical models are studied: a two-level atom in a laser radiation field, an aggregate of two two-level subsystems in a multilevel atom (hydrogen), a system of two two-level atoms in the process of joint quantum-deterministic evolution and under the action of transformations of quantum measurement and quantum duplication, as well as one and two two-level atoms in the process of emission.

DOI
10.1134/1.1334981

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