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

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