Constraints on relaxation rates for N-level quantum systems

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Schirmer, S G ^a   Solomon, A I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DAMPING; DIFFUSION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MARKOV PROCESSES; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); QUANTUM OPTICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

LINDBLAD OPERATORS; QUANTUM CHAOS; QUANTUM COMPUTING; RELAXATION RATES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 19544387603     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.022107     Document Type: Article

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