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Mesoscopic superpositions of states: Approach to classicality and diagonalization in a coherent state basis

Authors :
Girish S. Agarwal
Source :
Physical Review A. 59:3071-3074
Publication Year :
1999
Publisher :
American Physical Society (APS), 1999.

Abstract

I consider the interaction of a superposition of mesoscopic coherent states and its approach to a mixed state as a result of a suitably controlled environment. I show how the presence of a gain medium in a cavity can lead to diagonalization in coherent state basis in contrast to the standard model of decoherence. I further show how the new model of decoherence can lead to the generation of $s$ ordered quasi distributions.<br />10 pages, two figure pages, RevTeX

Details

ISSN :
10941622 and 10502947
Volume :
59
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review A
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....265429e74b9e1e8278ce41df642cb327
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.59.3071