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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Suppression of decoherence and decay by modulation of system-bath coupling

Abraham G. Kofman, Gershon Kurizki

Published Jan 1, 2004• 0 citations
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Abstract

We develop a unified approach to dynamical suppression, by control fields, of decay and decoherence in qubits coupled to finite-temperature baths and dephasing sources. Considerations for optimizing such suppression are outlined.
DOI
10.1364/iqec.2004.itui2

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