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View SchemaRepresenting multiqubit unitary evolutions: spin coherences and infinitesimal coherences
| Authors | Claudio Altafini |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0404006 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0404006 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.032331 |
| Journal | Physical Review A, 70:032331, 2004 |
Abstract
For the tensor of coherences parametrization of a multiqubit density operator, we provide an explicit formulation of the corresponding unitary dynamics at infinitesimal level. The main advantage of this formalism (clearly reminiscent of the idea of ``coherences'' and ``coupling Hamiltonians'' of spin systems) is that the pattern of correlation between qubits and the pattern of infinitesimal correlation are highlighted simultaneously and can be used constructively for qubit manipulation. For example, it allows to compute explicitly a Rodrigues' formula for the one-parameter orbits of nonlocal Hamiltonians. The result is easily generalizable to orbits of Cartan subalgebras and allows to write the Cartan decomposition of unitary propagators as a linear action.
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