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Pulse Control of Decoherence in a Qubit Coupled with a Quantum Environment
We study the time evolution of a qubit linearly coupled with a quantum
environment under a sequence of short pi pulses. Our attention is focused on
the case where qubit-environment interactions induce the decoherence with
population decay. We assume that the environment consists of a set of bosonic
excitations. The time evolution of the reduced density matrix for the qubit is
calculated in the presence of periodic short pi pulses. We confirm that the
decoherence is suppressed if the pulse interval is shorter than the correlation
time for qubit-environment interactions.Comment: 5 pages, 2figure
Minimum-error discrimination between symmetric mixed quantum states
We provide a solution of finding optimal measurement strategy for
distinguishing between symmetric mixed quantum states. It is assumed that the
matrix elements of at least one of the symmetric quantum states are all real
and nonnegative in the basis of the eigenstates of the symmetry operator.Comment: 10 page
Entanglement dynamics of bipartite system in squeezed vacuum reservoirs
Entanglement plays a crucial role in quantum information protocols, thus the
dynamical behavior of entangled states is of a great importance. In this paper
we suggest a useful scheme that permits a direct measure of entanglement in a
two-qubit cavity system. It is realized in the cavity-QED technology utilizing
atoms as fying qubits. To quantify entanglement we use the concurrence. We
derive the conditions, which assure that the state remains entangled in spite
of the interaction with the reservoir. The phenomenon of sudden death
entanglement (ESD) in a bipartite system subjected to squeezed vacuum reservoir
is examined. We show that the sudden death time of the entangled states depends
on the initial preparation of the entangled state and the parameters of the
squeezed vacuum reservoir.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures, CEWQO17(St Andrews
Congenital Anomalies in Children of Mothers Taking Antiepileptic Drugs with and without Periconceptional High Dose Folic Acid Use: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
BACKGROUND: Antenatal antiepileptic drug (AED) use has been found to be associated with increased major congenital anomaly (CA) risks. However whether such AED-associated risks were different according to periconceptional high dose (5mg daily) folic acid supplementation is still unclear. METHODS: We included 258,591 singleton live-born children of mothers aged 15-44 years in 1990-2013 from The Health Improvement Network, a large UK primary care database. We identified all major CAs according to the European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies classification. Absolute risks and adjusted odds ratios (aOR) were calculated comparing children of mothers prescribed AEDs to those without such prescriptions, stratified by folic acid prescriptions around the time of conception (one month before conception to two months post-conception). RESULTS: CA risk was 476/10,000 in children of mothers with first trimester AEDs compared with 269/10,000 in those without AEDs equating to an aOR of 1.82, 95% confidence interval 1.30-2.56. The highest system-specific risks were for heart anomalies (198/10,000 and 79/10,000 respectively, aOR 2.49,1.47-4.21). Sodium valproate and lamotrigine were both associated with increased risks of any CA (aOR 2.63,1.46-4.74 and aOR 2.01,1.12-3.59 respectively) and system-specific risks. Stratification by folic acid supplementation did not show marked reductions in AED-associated risks (e.g. for CAs overall aOR 1.75, 1.01-3.03 in the high dose folic acid group and 1.94, 95%CI 1.21-3.13 in the low dose or no folic acid group); however, the majority of mothers taking AEDs only initiated high dose folic acid from the second month of pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS: Children of mothers with AEDs in the first trimester of pregnancy have a 2-fold increased risk of major CA compared to those unexposed. We found no evidence that prescribed high dose folic acid supplementation reduced such AED-associated risks. Although statistical power was limited, prescribing of folic acid too late for it to be effective during the organogenic period or selective prescribing to those with more severe morbidity may explain these findings
The dissipative dynamics of the field of two-photon Jaynes-Cummings model with Stark shift in dispersive approximation
We present the dissipative dynamics of the field of two-photon
Jaynes-Cummings model (JCM) with Stark shift in dispersive approximation and
investigate the influence of dissipation on entanglement. We show the coherence
properties of the field can be affected by the dissipative cavity when
nonlinear two-photon process is involved.Comment: 8 pages,3 figure
Pulse Control of Decoherence with Population Decay
The pulse control of decoherence in a qubit interacting with a quantum
environment is studied with focus on a general case where decoherence is
induced by both pure dephasing and population decay. To observe how the
decoherence is suppressed by periodic pi pulses, we present a simple method to
calculate the time evolution of a qubit under arbitrary pulse sequences
consisting of bit-flips and/or phase-flips. We examine the effectiveness of the
two typical sequences: bb sequence consisting of only bit-flips, and bp
sequence consisting of both bit- and phase-flips. It is shown that the
effectiveness of the pulse sequences depends on a relative strength of the two
decoherence processes especially when a pulse interval is slightly shorter than
qubit-environment correlation times. In the short-interval limit, however, the
bp sequence is always more effective than, or at least as effective as, the bb
sequence.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figure
Quantum recoil effects in finite-time disentanglement of two distinguishable atoms
Starting from the requirement of distinguishability of two atoms by their
positions, it is shown that photon recoil has a strong influence on finite-time
disentanglement and in some cases prevents its appearance. At near-field inter
atomic distances well localized atoms, with maximally one atom being initially
excited, may suffer disentanglement at a single finite time or even at a series
of equidistant finite times, depending on their mean inter atomic distance and
their initial electronic preparation.Comment: 13 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Physical Review on august 2
Non-Markovian entanglement dynamics of quantum continuous variable systems in thermal environments
We study two continuous variable systems (or two harmonic oscillators) and
investigate their entanglement evolution under the influence of non-Markovian
thermal environments. The continuous variable systems could be two modes of
electromagnetic fields or two nanomechanical oscillators in the quantum domain.
We use quantum open system method to derive the non-Markovian master equations
of the reduced density matrix for two different but related models of the
continuous variable systems. The two models both consist of two interacting
harmonic oscillators. In model A, each of the two oscillators is coupled to its
own independent thermal reservoir, while in model B the two oscillators are
coupled to a common reservoir. To quantify the degrees of entanglement for the
bipartite continuous variable systems in Gaussian states, logarithmic
negativity is used. We find that the dynamics of the quantum entanglement is
sensitive to the initial states, the oscillator-oscillator interaction, the
oscillator-environment interaction and the coupling to a common bath or to
different, independent baths.Comment: 10 two-column pages, 8 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Concurrent bariatric operations and association with perioperative outcomes: Registry based cohort study
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