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Adiabatic Approximation for weakly open systems

Patrik Thunström, Johan Åberg, Erik Sjöqvist

abstract: We generalize the adiabatic approximation to the case of open quantum systems, in the joint limit of slow change and weak open system disturbances. We show that the approximation is ``physically reasonable'' as under wide conditions it leads to a completely positive evolution, if the original master equation can be written on a time-dependent Lindblad form. We demonstrate the approximation for a non-Abelian holonomic implementation of the Hadamard gate, disturbed by a decoherence process. We compare the resulting approximate evolution with numerical simulations of the exact equation.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0504046
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
New material added, references added and updated, journal reference added
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevA.72.022328
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0504046
journal_ref:
Phys. Rev. A 72, 022328 (2005)
created:
2005-04-07
updated:
2005-08-23

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