Noise and decoherence in quantum two-level systems
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Motivated by recent experiments with Josephson-junction circuits we reconsider decoherence effects in quantum two-level systems (TLS). On one hand, the experiments demonstrate the importance of 1/f noise, on the other hand, by operating at symmetry points one can suppress noise effects in linear order. We, therefore, analyze noise sources with a variety of power spectra, with linear or quadratic coupling, which are longitudinal or transverse relative to the eigenbasis of the unperturbed Hamiltonian. To evaluate the dephasing time for transverse 1/f noise second-order contributions have to be taken into account. Manipulations of the quantum state of the TLS define characteristic time scales. We discuss the consequences for relaxation and dephasing processes.
To appear in Proceedings of the Nobel Jubilee Symposium on Condensation and Coherence in Condensed Systems (Physica Scripta)
To appear in Proceedings of the Nobel Jubilee Symposium on Condensation and Coherence in Condensed Systems (Physica Scripta)