Evaluation of Decoherence for Quantum Control and Computing
Different approaches in quantifying environmentally induced decoherence are considered. We identify a measure of decoherence, derived from the density matrix of the system of interest, that quantifies the environmentally induced error, i. e., deviation from the ideal isolated-system
dynamics. This measure can be shown to have several useful features. Its behavior as a function of time has no dependence on the initial conditions, and is expected to be insensitive to the internal dynamical time scales of the system, thus only probing the decoherence-related time dependence.
For a spin-boson model—a prototype of a qubit interacting with environment—we also demonstrate the property of additivity: in the regime of the onset of decoherence, the sum of the individual qubit error measures provides an estimate of the error for a severalqubit system, even
if the qubits are entangled, as expected in quantum-computing applications. This makes it possible to estimate decoherence for several-qubits quantum computer gate designs for which explicit calculations are exceedingly difficult.
Keywords: DECOHERENCE; DISSIPATION; EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT; OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS; QUANTUM COMPUTING
Document Type: Review Article
Publication date: 01 September 2004
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