Title:	Phase diffusion in quantum dissipative systems
Authors:	Banerjee, Subhashish Srikanth, R.
Issue Date:	Dec-2007
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Citation:	Physical Review A, 2007, Vol.76, p062109
Abstract:	We study the dynamics of the quantum phase distribution associated with the reduced density matrix of a system for a number of situations of practical importance, as the system evolves under the influence of its environment, interacting via a quantum nondemolition type of coupling, such that there is decoherence without dissipation, as well as when it interacts via a dissipative interaction, resulting in decoherence as well as dissipation. The system is taken to be either a two-level atom (or, equivalently, a spin-1/2 system) or a harmonic oscillator, and the environment is modeled as a bath of harmonic oscillators, starting out in a squeezed thermal state. The impact of the different environmental parameters on the dynamics of the quantum phase distribution for the system starting out in various initial states is explicitly brought out. An interesting feature that emerges from our work is that the relationship between squeezing and temperature effects depends on the type of system-bath interaction. In the case of a quantum nondemolition type of interaction, squeezing and temperature work in tandem, producing a diffusive effect on the phase distribution. In contrast, in the case of a dissipative interaction, the influence of temperature can be counteracted by squeezing, which manifests as a resistance to randomization of phase. We make use of the phase distributions to bring out a notion of complementarity in atomic systems. We also study the variance of the phase using phase distributions conditioned on particular initial states of the system.
Description:	Open Access
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3656
ISSN:	1094-1622 (online) 1050-2947 (print)
Alternative Location:	http://arxiv.org/abs/0706.3633 http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.76.062109 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007PhRvA..76f2109B
Copyright:	2007 The American Physical Society
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (LAMP) Research Papers (TP)

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