Model-independent approach to nondissipative decoherence

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作者
Bonifacio, R
Olivares, S
Tombesi, P
Vitali, D
机构
[1] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Fis, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[2] INFM, Sez Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[3] Univ Camerino, Dipartimento Matemat & Fis, INFM, I-62032 Camerino, Italy
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2000年 / 61卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.61.053802
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We consider the case when decoherence is due to the fluctuations of some classical variable or parameter of a system and not to its entanglement with the environment. Under few and quite general assumptions, we derive a model-independent formalism for this nondissipative decoherence, and we apply it to explain the decoherence observed in some recent experiments in cavity QED and on trapped ions.
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