Experimental control of the transition from Markovian to non-Markovian dynamics of open quantum systems

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 931-934

  Liu, Bi Heng ^a   Li, Li ^a   Huang, Yun Feng ^a   Li, Chuan Feng ^a   Guo, Guang Can ^a   Laine, Elsi Mari ^b   Breuer, Heinz Peter ^c   Piilo, Jyrki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

ENTANGLEMENT GENERATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; NON-MARKOVIAN DYNAMICS; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL SYSTEM; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

EID: 85028219886     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS2085     Document Type: Article

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