The preparation of states in quantum mechanics

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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.









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