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Steering distillation processes through quantum Zeno dynamics

Antonino MessinaHiromichi NakazatoBenedetto Militello

subject

Quantum technologyPhysicsQuantum probabilityOpen quantum systemQuantum discordClassical mechanicsQuantum processQuantum dynamicsQuantum operationQuantum PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsQuantum Zeno effect

description

A quantum system in interaction with a repeatedly measured one undergoes a nonunitary time evolution and is pushed into a subspace substantially determined by the two-system coupling. The possibility of suitably modifying such an evolution through quantum Zeno dynamics (i.e., the generalized quantum Zeno effect) addressing the system toward an a priori decided target subspace is illustrated. Applications and their possible realizations in the context of trapped ions are also discussed.

https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.71.032102