Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2-2007
Publication Title
Europhysics Letters
Department
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We investigate the connection between quasi-classical (pointer) states and generalized coherent states (GCSs) within an algebraic approach to Markovian quantum systems (including bosons, spins, and fermions). We establish conditions for the GCS set to become most robust by relating the rate of purity loss to an invariant measure of uncertainty derived from quantum Fisher information. We find that, for damped bosonic modes, the stability of canonical coherent states is confirmed in a variety of scenarios, while for systems described by (compact) Lie algebras, stringent symmetry constraints must be obeyed for the GCS set to be preferred. The relationship between GCSs, minimum-uncertainty states, and decoherence-free subspaces is also elucidated.
DOI
10.1209/0295-5075/79/40003
Original Citation
S. Boixo et al 2007 EPL 79 40003
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Boixo, S; Viola, L; and Ortiz, G, "Generalized Coherent States as Preferred States of Open Quantum Systems" (2007). Dartmouth Scholarship. 842.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/842
