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Simple Non-Markovian Microscopic Models for the Depolarizing Channel of a Single Qubit
The archetypal one-qubit noisy channels ---depolarizing, phase-damping and
amplitude-damping channels--- describe both Markovian and non-Markovian
evolution. Simple microscopic models for the depolarizing channel, both
classical and quantum, are considered. Microscopic models which describe phase
damping and amplitude damping channels are briefly reviewed.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures. Title corrected. Paper rewritten. Added
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Coherence stabilization of a two-qubit gate by AC fields
We consider a CNOT gate operation under the influence of quantum bit-flip
noise and demonstrate that ac fields can change bit-flip noise into phase noise
and thereby improve coherence up to several orders of magnitude while the gate
operation time remains unchanged. Within a high-frequency approximation, both
purity and fidelity of the gate operation are studied analytically. The
numerical treatment with a Bloch-Redfield master equation confirms the
analytical results.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Female Labor Force Participation in Latin America: Patterns and Explanations
Female labor force participation has increased 10 percentage points between 1990 and 2010. This paper analyzes the possible determinants of this increase. Among those determinants are changes in education, family structure, fertility, as well as changes in socioeconomic environment including wages, returns to working at home, preferences, and technology, among others. We discuss the mechanisms behind those determinants by organizing the very large theoretical and empirical literature on the subject. We then assess the relative importance of the determinants in two ways. We compute treatment effects estimated in the literature and combine them with information about the changes in the causing variables. We also use data from household surveys and combine them with a dataset of determinants to find correlations in the data that reinforce or reject the analysis of the literature review.Facultad de Ciencias EconĂłmica
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