Non-Markovian dynamics and noise characteristics in continuous measurement of a solid-state charge qubit

作者:Luo, JunYan*; Jiao, HuJun; Xiong, BiTao; He, Xiao-Ling; Wang, Changrong
来源:Journal of Applied Physics, 2013, 114(17): 173703.
DOI:10.1063/1.4828870

摘要

We investigate the non-Markovian characteristics in continuous measurement of a charge qubit by a quantum point contact. The backflow of information from the reservoir to the system in the non-Markovian domain gives rise to strikingly different qubit relaxation and dephasing in comparison with the Markovian case. The intriguing non-Markovian dynamics is found to have a direct impact on the output noise feature of the detector. Unambiguously, we observe that the non-Markovian memory effect results in an enhancement of the signal-to-noise ratio, which can even exceed the upper limit of "4," leading thus to the violation of the Korotkov-Averin bound in quantum measurement. Our study thus may open new possibilities to improve detector's measurement efficiency in a direct and transparent way.