Assessing the quantumness of a damped two-level system

作者:Friedenberger Alexander; Lutz Eric
来源:PHYSICAL REVIEW A, 2017, 95(2): 022101.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.95.022101

摘要

We perform a detailed analysis of the nonclassical properties of a damped two-level system. We compute and compare three different criteria of quantumness, the l(1) norm of coherence, the Leggett-Garg inequality, and a quantum witness based on the no-signaling in time condition. We show that all three quantum indicators decay exponentially in time as a result of the coupling to the thermal reservoir. We further demonstrate that the corresponding characteristic times are identical and given by the coherence half-life. These results quantify how violations of Leggett-Garg inequalities and nonzero values of the quantum witness are connected to the coherence of the two-level system.

  • 出版日期2017-2-2