The quantum to classical transition in continuously measured bipartite entangled systems

Shohini Ghose; Paul M. Alsing; Ivan H. Deutsch; Barry C. Sanders

doi:10.1117/12.609076

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23 May 2005 The quantum to classical transition in continuously measured bipartite entangled systems

Shohini Ghose, Paul M. Alsing, Ivan H. Deutsch, Barry C. Sanders

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Proceedings Volume 5842, Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics III; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.609076
Event: SPIE Third International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise, 2005, Austin, Texas, United States

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We study the quantum to classical transition in bipartite entangled systems in which one system is continuously coupled to a measurement apparatus as in the von Neumann model of quantum measurement. As an example, we study the open system dynamics of a particle in a harmonic well whose motion in the well is coupled to the internal spin. This system provides a rich illustration of the quantum to classical transition in weakly measured coupled systems. We analyze and derive conditions for which the dual constraints of strong localization/small noise required for the quantum-classical transition are satisfied for both regular and chaotic dynamics. We also study the dynamics of bipartite entanglement in the regime where classical trajectories emerge in the measurement record. Our analysis shows the surprising result that bipartite entanglement can persist in the classical limit.

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Shohini Ghose, Paul M. Alsing, Ivan H. Deutsch, and Barry C. Sanders "The quantum to classical transition in continuously measured bipartite entangled systems", Proc. SPIE 5842, Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics III, (23 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.609076

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