An Invitation to Quantum Channels

Open quantum systems have become an active area of research, owing to its potential applications in many different fields ranging from computation to biology. Here, we review the formalism of dynamical maps used to represent the time evolution of open quantum systems and discuss the various represen...

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Main Authors: Vinayak Jagadish, Francesco Petruccione
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Quanta 2018-07-01
Series:Quanta
Online Access:http://quanta.ws/ojs/index.php/quanta/article/view/77
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Summary:Open quantum systems have become an active area of research, owing to its potential applications in many different fields ranging from computation to biology. Here, we review the formalism of dynamical maps used to represent the time evolution of open quantum systems and discuss the various representations and properties of the same, with many examples. Quanta 2018; 7: 54–67.
ISSN:1314-7374