Deterministic submanifolds and analytic solution of the quantum stochastic differential master equation describing a monitored qubit

DOI10.1063/1.4984587zbMATH Open1403.81009arXiv1603.05402OpenAlexW2298716486WikidataQ115333138 ScholiaQ115333138MaRDI QIDQ5282839FDOQ5282839

Authors: Pierre Rouchon, Alain Sarlette 

Publication date: 17 July 2017

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

Abstract: This paper studies the stochastic differential equation (SDE) associated to a two-level quantum system (qubit) subject to Hamiltonian evolution as well as unmonitored and monitored decoherence channels. The latter imply a stochastic evolution of the quantum state (density operator), whose associated probability distribution we characterize. We first show that for two sets of typical experimental settings, corresponding either to weak quantum non demolition measurements or to weak fluorescence measurements, the three Bloch coordinates of the qubit remain confined to a deterministically evolving surface or curve inside the Bloch sphere. We explicitly solve the deterministic evolution, and we provide a closed-form expression for the probability distribution on this surface or curve. Then we relate the existence in general of such deterministically evolving submanifolds to an accessibility question of control theory, which can be answered with an explicit algebraic criterion on the SDE. This allows us to show that, for a qubit, the above two sets of weak measurements are essentially the only ones featuring deterministic surfaces or curves.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.05402

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs with randomness, stochastic partial differential equations (35R60) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Channel models (including quantum) in information and communication theory (94A40)

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