arXiv:quant-ph/0106008

Second Quantization of Cini Model for High Order Quantum Decoherence in Quantum Measurement

Dong Zhou, Guangri Jin, C. P. Sun

Published Jun 2, 2001• 0 citations

Abstract

By making the second quantization for the Cini Model of quantum measurement without wave function collapse [M. Cini, Nuovo Cimento, B73 27(1983)], the second order quantum decoherence (SOQD) is studied with a two mode boson system interacting with an idealized apparatus composed by two quantum oscillators. In the classical limit that the apparatus is prepared in a Fock state with a very large quantum number, or in a coherent state with average quantum numbers large enough, the SOQD phenomenon appears similar to the first order case of quantum decoherence.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0106008

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