HAIT Journal of Science and Engineering
Volume 1, Issue 3, pp. 573-585
© 2004 Holon Academic Institute of Technology

 

Studies of short-time decoherence for evaluation of quantum computer designs

Vladimir Privman* and Denis Tolkunov

Center for Quantum Device Technology, Clarkson University,
Potsdam, NY 13699--5721, USA
*Corresponding author: privman@clarkson.edu
Received 14 July 2004, accepted 8 September 2004

 

We review our recent results on short time approximations, with emphasis on applications for which the system-environment interactions involve a general non-Hermitian system operator l, and its conjugate, l'. We evaluate the onset of decoherence at low temperatures in open quantum systems. The developed approach is complementary to Markovian approximations and appropriate for evaluation of quantum computing schemes. Example of a spin system coupled to a bosonic heat bath via ls_ is discussed.


PACS: 03.65.Yz, 03.67.-a

 


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