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Coherent quantum evolution via reservoir driven holonomies.

Angelo CarolloMarcelo França SantosV. Vedral

subject

PhysicsQuantum decoherenceHolonomyGeneral Physics and AstronomyComputer Science::Software EngineeringQuantum evolutionComputer Science::PerformanceQuantum mechanicsHolonomieLimit (mathematics)Decoherence-free subspace (DFS)Quantum evolutionComputer Science::Data Structures and AlgorithmsSubspace topology

description

We show that in the limit of a strongly interacting environment a system initially prepared in a decoherence-free subspace (DFS) coherently evolves in time, adiabatically following the changes of the DFS. If the reservoir cyclicly evolves in time, the DFS states acquire a holonomy.

10.1103/physrevlett.96.020403http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:21107a44-9c3b-404a-be7a-d60912c817f9