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arXiv:quant-ph/0511081 · Physical Review Letters

Environment-Mediated Control of a Quantum System

Raffaele Romano, Domenico D’Alessandro

Published Aug 23, 2006• 48 citations
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Abstract

Recently, a new approach for the controllability of a two-dimensional quantum system S has been proposed, based on its interaction with an initially uncorrelated two-dimensional probe P whose initial state can be arbitrarily modified. Following this scheme and considering a particular model for the environment, we show that, in some specific cases, the environment-induced entanglement is rich enough to completely control the dynamics of S. Under suitable conditions on the interaction of S, P, and the environment, we prove that the state of S can be driven to an arbitrary target state by varying the initial state of P.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.97.080402

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