The preparation of states in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1063/1.4940696zbMATH Open1346.81017arXiv1409.7967OpenAlexW2286342158MaRDI QIDQ2804963FDOQ2804963

Jürg Fröhlich, Baptiste Schubnel

Publication date: 9 May 2016

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The important problem of how to prepare a quantum mechanical system, $S$, in a specific initial state of interest - e.g., for the purposes of some experiment - is addressed. Three distinct methods of state preparation are described. One of these methods has the attractive feature that it enables one to prepare $S$ in a preassigned initial state with certainty; i.e., the probability of success in preparing $S$ in a given state is unity. This method relies on coupling $S$ to an open quantum-mechanical environment, $E$, in such a way that the dynamics of $SveeE$ pulls the state of $S$ towards an "attractor", which is the desired initial state of $S$. This method is analyzed in detail.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.7967

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanical systemssystem initial state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Atomic physics (81V45) Quantum dynamics and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C10) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

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