Geometric phases and Bloch-sphere constructions for SU (N) groups with a complete description of the SU(4) group

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Uskov, D ^a   Rau, A R P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; DYNAMICS; HAMILTONIANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KETONES; LOGIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS; ROTATION; SPIN DYNAMICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; VECTORS;

BLOCH SPHERE; DIMENSIONAL VECTORS; ENTANGLED STATES; EVOLUTION OPERATORS; GEOMETRIC PHASES; GRASSMANNIAN; HAMILTONIAN; ITERATIVE PROCEDURES; PHASE CONSTRAINTS; POINCARE; QUANTUM COMPUTATIONS; SINGLE SPINS; UNIT VECTORS; UNITARY EVOLUTION;

SPHERES;

EID: 50249139622     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.78.022331     Document Type: Article

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