1996/06/30 by Todd A. Brun · 2 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #atom-ph #gr-qc #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.78.1833
published as Phys.Rev.Lett. 78 (1997) 1833-1837 · 8 pages RevTeX 3.0, considerably revised and shortened. To appear in the 17 March issue of Phys. Rev. Letters
arxiv created 1997/02/22 · openalex publication_date 1997/03/10 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Quantum open systems are described in the Markovian limit by master equations in Lindblad form. I argue that common ``quantum jumps'' techniques, which solve the master equation by unraveling its evolution into stochastic trajectories in Hilbert space, correspond closely to a particular set of decoherent histories. This is illustrated by a simple model of a photon counting experiment.