Monitoring the wave function by time continuous position measurement

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/12/4/043038MaRDI QIDQ4594491zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Thomas Konrad, Andreas Rothe, Francesco Petruccione, Lajos Diósi

Publication date 24 November 2017

Published in New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2249

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20) Quantum gates (81P65)

Abstract: We consider a single copy of a quantum particle moving in a potential and show that it is possible to monitor its complete wave function by only continuously measuring its position. While we assume that the potential is known, no information is available about its state initially. In order to monitor the wave function, an estimate of the wave function is propagated due to the influence of the potential and continuously updated according to the results of the position measurement. We demonstrate by numerical simulations that the estimation reaches arbitrary values of accuracy below 100 percent within a finite time period for the potentials we study. In this way our method grants, a certain time after the beginning of the measurement, an accurate real-time record of the state evolution including the influence of the continuous measurement. Moreover, it is robust against sudden perturbations of the system as for example random momentum kicks from environmental particles, provided they occur not too frequently.

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