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Generating optimal states for a homodyne Bell test
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Bloch Equations and Completely Positive Maps
The phenomenological dissipation of the Bloch equations is reexamined in the
context of completely positive maps. Such maps occur if the dissipation arises
from a reduction of a unitary evolution of a system coupled to a reservoir. In
such a case the reduced dynamics for the system alone will always yield
completely positive maps of the density operator. We show that, for Markovian
Bloch maps, the requirement of complete positivity imposes some Bloch
inequalities on the phenomenological damping constants. For non-Markovian Bloch
maps some kind of Bloch inequalities involving eigenvalues of the damping basis
can be established as well. As an illustration of these general properties we
use the depolarizing channel with white and colored stochastic noise.Comment: Talk given at the Conference "Quantum Challenges", Falenty, Poland,
September 4-7, 2003. 21 pages, 3 figure
Completely positive maps with memory
The prevailing description for dissipative quantum dynamics is given by the
Lindblad form of a Markovian master equation, used under the assumption that
memory effects are negligible. However, in certain physical situations, the
master equation is essentially of a non-Markovian nature. This paper examines
master equations that possess a memory kernel, leading to a replacement of
white noise by colored noise. The conditions under which this leads to a
completely positive, trace-preserving map are discussed for an exponential
memory kernel. A physical model that possesses such an exponential memory
kernel is presented. This model contains a classical, fluctuating environment
based on random telegraph signal stochastic variables.Comment: 4 page
Quantum Markov Channels for Qubits
We examine stochastic maps in the context of quantum optics. Making use of
the master equation, the damping basis, and the Bloch picture we calculate a
non-unital, completely positive, trace-preserving map with unequal damping
eigenvalues. This results in what we call the squeezed vacuum channel. A
geometrical picture of the effect of stochastic noise on the set of pure state
qubit density operators is provided. Finally, we study the capacity of the
squeezed vacuum channel to transmit quantum information and to distribute EPR
states.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figure
Technical Note: A trace gas climatology derived from the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) data set
The Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment-Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS) aboard the Canadian satellite SCISAT (launched in August 2003) was designed to investigate the composition of the upper troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. ACE-FTS utilizes solar occultation to measure temperature and pressure as well as vertical profiles of over thirty chemical species including O<sub>3</sub>, H<sub>2</sub>O, CH<sub>4</sub>, N<sub>2</sub>O, CO, NO, NO<sub>2</sub>, N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>, HNO<sub>3</sub>, HCl, ClONO<sub>2</sub>, CCl<sub>3</sub>F, CCl<sub>2</sub>F<sub>2</sub>, and HF. Global coverage for each species is obtained approximately over a three month period and measurements are made with a vertical resolution of typically 3–4 km. A quality-controlled climatology has been created for each of these 14 baseline species, where individual profiles are averaged over the period of February 2004 to February 2009. Measurements used are from the ACE-FTS version 2.2 data set including updates for O<sub>3</sub> and N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>. The climatological fields are provided on a monthly and three-monthly basis (DJF, MAM, JJA, SON) at 5 degree latitude and equivalent latitude spacing and on 28 pressure surfaces (26 of which are defined by the Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) Chemistry-Climate Model Validation Activity). The ACE-FTS climatological data set is available through the ACE website
Validation of ACE and OSIRIS Ozone and NO2 Measurements Using Ground Based Instruments at 80° N
The Optical Spectrograph and Infra-Red Imager System (OSIRIS) and the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) have been taking measurements from space since 2001 and 2003, respectively. This paper presents intercomparisons between ozone and NO2 measured by the ACE and OSIRIS satellite instruments and by ground-based instruments at the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL), which is located at Eureka, Canada (80◦ N, 86◦ W) and is operated by the Canadian Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Change (CANDAC). The ground-based instruments included in this study are four zenith-sky differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) instruments, one Bruker Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) and four Brewer spectrophotometers. Ozone total columns measured by the DOAS instruments were retrieved using new Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) guidelines and agree to within 3.2 %. The DOAS ozone columns agree with the Brewer spectrophotometers with mean relative differences that are smaller than 1.5 %. This suggests that for these instruments the new NDACC data guidelines were successful in producing a homogenous and accurate ozone dataset at 80◦ N. Satellite 14–52km ozone and 17–40km NO2 partial columns within 500km of PEARL were calculated for ACE-FTS Version 2.2 (v2.2) plus updates, ACE-FTS v3.0, ACE-MAESTRO (Measurements of Aerosol Extinction in the Stratosphere and Troposphere Retrieved by Occultation) v1.2 and OSIRIS SaskMART v5.0x ozone and Optimal Estimation v3.0 NO2 data products. The new ACE-FTS v3.0 and the validated ACE-FTS v2.2 partial columns are nearly identical, with mean relative differences of 0.0±0.2% and −0.2±0.1% for v2.2 minus v3.0 ozone and NO2, respectively. Ozone columns were constructed from 14–52km satellite and 0–14km ozonesonde partial columns and compared with the ground-based total column measurements. The satellite-plus-sonde measurements agree with the ground-based ozone total columns with mean relative differences of 0.1–7.3 %. For NO2, partial columns from 17km upward were scaled to noon using a photo-chemical model. Mean relative differences between OSIRIS, ACE-FTS and ground-based NO2 measurements do not exceed 20 %. ACE-MAESTRO measures more NO2 than the other instruments, with mean relative differences of 25–52 %. Seasonal variation in the differences between NO2 partial columns is observed, suggesting that there are systematic errors in the measurements and/or the photochemical model corrections. For ozone spring-time measurements, additional coincidence criteria based on stratospheric temperature and the location of the polar vortex were found to improve agreement between some of the instruments. For ACE-FTS v2.2 minus Bruker FTIR, the 2007–2009 spring-time mean relative difference improved from−5.0±0.4%to−3.1±0.8% with the dynamical selection criteria. This was the largest improvement, likely because both instruments measure direct sunlight and therefore have well-characterized lines-of-sight compared with scattered sunlight measurements. For NO2, the addition of a±1◦ latitude coincidence criterion improved spring-time intercomparison results, likely due to the sharp latitudinal gradient of NO2 during polar sunrise. The differences between satellite and ground-based measurements do not show any obvious trends over the missions, indicating that both the ACE and OSIRIS instruments continue to perform well
Conditions for the freezing phenomena of geometric measure of quantum discord for arbitrary two-qubit X states under non-dissipative dephasing noises
We study the dynamics of geometric measure of quantum discord (GMQD) under
the influences of two local phase damping noises. Consider the two qubits
initially in arbitrary X-states, we find the necessary and sufficient
conditions for which GMQD is unaffected for a finite period. It is further
shown that such results also hold for the non-Markovian dephasing process.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
HCI and CIO Profiles Inside the Antarctic Vortex as Observed by Smiles in November 2009: Comparisons with MLS and ACE-FTS Instruments
We present vertical profiles of hydrogen chloride (HCl) and chlorine monoxide (ClO) as observed by the Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) on the International Space Station (ISS) inside the Antarctic vortex on 19-24 November 2009. The SMILES HCl value reveals 2.8-3.1 ppbv between 450K and 500K levels in potential temperature (PT). The high value of HCl is highlighted since it is suggested that HCl is a main component of the total inorganic chlorine Cly, defined as Cly similar or equal to HCl + ClO + chlorine nitrate ClONO2, inside the Antarctic vortex in spring, owing to low ozone values. To confirm the quality of two SMILES level 2 (L2) data products provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Japan\u27s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), vis-a-vis the partitioning of Cly, comparisons are made using other satellite data from the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS). HCl values from the SMILES NICT L2 product agree to within 10% (0.3 ppbv) with the MLS HCl data between 450 and 575K levels in PT and with the ACE-FTS HCl data between 425 and 575 K. The SMILES JAXA L2 product is 10 to 20% (0.2-0.5 ppbv) lower than that from MLS between 400 and 700K and from ACE-FTS between 500 and 700 K. For ClO in daytime, the difference between SMILES (JAXA and NICT) and MLS is less than ±0.05 ppbv (100 %) between 500K and 650K with the ClO values less than 0.2 ppbv. ClONO2 values as measured by ACE-FTS also reveal 0.2 ppbv at 475-500K level, resulting in the HCl/Cly ratios of 0.91-0.95. The HCl/Cly ratios derived from each retrieval agree to within -5 to 8% with regard to their averages. The high HCl values and HCl/Cly ratios observed by the three instruments in the lower stratospheric Antarctic vortex are consistent with previous observations in late Austral spring
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Jet characterization in the upper troposphere/lower stratosphere (UTLS): applications to climatology and transport studies
A method of classifying the upper tropospheric/lower stratospheric (UTLS) jets has been developed that allows satellite and aircraft trace gas data and meteorological fields to be efficiently mapped in a jet coordinate view. A detailed characterization of multiple tropopauses accompanies the jet characterization. Jet climatologies show the well-known high altitude subtropical and lower altitude polar jets in the upper troposphere, as well as a pattern of concentric polar and subtropical jets in the Southern Hemisphere, and shifts of the primary jet to high latitudes associated with blocking ridges in Northern Hemisphere winter. The jet-coordinate view segregates air masses differently than the commonly-used equivalent latitude (EqL) coordinate throughout the lowermost stratosphere and in the upper troposphere. Mapping O3 data from the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) satellite and the Winter Storms aircraft datasets in jet coordinates thus emphasizes different aspects of the circulation compared to an EqL-coordinate framework: the jet coordinate reorders the data geometrically, thus highlighting the strong PV, tropopause height and trace gas gradients across the subtropical jet, whereas EqL is a dynamical coordinate that may blur these spatial relationships but provides information on irreversible transport. The jet coordinate view identifies the concentration of stratospheric ozone well below the tropopause in the region poleward of and below the jet core, as well as other transport features associated with the upper tropospheric jets. Using the jet information in EqL coordinates allows us to study trace gas distributions in regions of weak versus strong jets, and demonstrates weaker transport barriers in regions with less jet influence. MLS and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment-Fourier Transform Spectrometer trace gas fields for spring 2008 in jet coordinates show very strong, closely correlated, PV, tropopause height and trace gas gradients across the jet, and evidence of intrusions of stratospheric air below the tropopause below and poleward of the subtropical jet; these features are consistent between instruments and among multiple trace gases. Our characterization of the jets is facilitating studies that will improve our understanding of upper tropospheric trace gas evolution
Frozen and Invariant Quantum Discord under Local Dephasing Noise
In this chapter, we intend to explore and review some remarkable dynamical
properties of quantum discord under various different open quantum system
models. Specifically, our discussion will include several concepts connected to
the phenomena of time invariant and frozen quantum discord. Furthermore, we
will elaborate on the relation of these two phenomena to the non-Markovian
features of the open system dynamics and to the usage of dynamical decoupling
protocols.Comment: 29 pages, 8 figure
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