Decoherence in a PT -Symmetric Qubit
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https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe68.2.101Keywords:
PT-symmetry, decoherence, system-bath correlationsAbstract
We investigate the decoherence in a PT -symmetric qubit coupled with a bosonic bath. Using canonical transformations, we map the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian representing the PT-symmetric qubit to a spin boson model. Identifying the parameter α that demarcates the hermiticity and non-hermiticity in the model, we show that the qubit does not decohere at the transition from the real eigen spectrum to a complex eigen spectrum. Using a general class of spectral densities, the strong suppression of the decoherence is observed due to both vacuum and thermal fluctuations of the bath, and the initial correlations hold, as we approach the transition point.
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