Generalization of the geometric phase to completely positive maps

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 4-

  Ericsson, Marie ^a   Sjöqvist, Erik ^a   Brännlund, Johan ^b   Oi, Daniel K L ^c   Pati, Arun K ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; GEOMETRY; INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SET THEORY;

COMPLETELY POSITIVE MAPS; GEOMETRIC PHASE; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84879096577     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.67.020101     Document Type: Article

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