Decoherence induced by a chaotic enviroment: A quantum walker with a complex coin

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Ermann, Leonardo ^a,b   Paz, Juan Pablo ^b,c   Saraceno, Marcos ^a,d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COHERENT LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DECOHERENCE; QUANTUM WALKER;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33144467079     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.012302     Document Type: Article

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