arXiv:quant-ph/0210185 · Fluctuation and Noise Letters
QUANTUM COHERENCE, CORRELATED NOISE AND PARRONDO GAMES
CHIU FAN LEE, NEIL F. JOHNSON, FERNEY RODRIGUEZ, LUIS QUIROGA
Abstract
We discuss the effect of correlated noise on the robustness of quantum coherent phenomena. First we consider a simple, toy model to illustrate the effect of such correlations on the decoherence process. Then we show how decoherence rates can be suppressed using a Parrondo-like effect. Finally, we report the results of many-body calculations in which an experimentally-measurable quantum coherence phenomenon is significantly enhanced by non-Markovian dynamics arising from the noise source.