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Freezing and revival of quantum coherence in decoherent reservoir

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Quantum coherence (QC) as a crucial physical resource plays the vital role in recent researches of quantum information science, whereas the QC within an open system unavoidably deteriorates due to the system–environment interacting. In this paper, we analyze the dynamics of QC when the initial state is exposed to Markovian and non-Markovian reservoirs, respectively. We analytically derive the dynamical conditions under which the QC is frozen in the Markovian reservoir and explore the underlying physical mechanisms by investigating the trade-off relation between QC and mixedness of system. In the non-Markovian reservoir, we demonstrate the damped revivals of QC and show that these revivals can be effectively enhanced by increasing the memory degree of reservoir. These findings might provide an insightful physical interpretation for the dynamical phenomena of QC exhibiting in complex systems.

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This work is supported by the National Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 11847020 and 11605028, the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1908085QA41 and 1908085MA24, the Natural Science Research Project of Education Department of Anhui Province of China under Grant Nos. KJ2018A0342, KJ2018A0334 and KJ2018A0343, the Open Foundation for CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information under Grant No. KQI201804, the key Program of Excellent Youth Talent Project of the Education Department of Anhui Province of China under Grant No. gxyqZD2016190, the Research Center for Quantum Information Technology of Fuyang Normal University under Grant No. kytd201706 and also by the Doctoral Foundation of Fuyang Normal University under Grant Nos. 2017kyqd0013, 2018kyqd0013 and FYNU1602.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Device for Informatics of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang, 236037, People’s Republic of China

    Jiadong Shi, Yaping Wang, Chengcheng Liu, Juan He, Lizhi Yu & Tao Wu

  2. Research Centre of Quantum Information Technology, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang, 236037, People’s Republic of China

    Jiadong Shi, Yaping Wang, Chengcheng Liu, Juan He, Lizhi Yu & Tao Wu

  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

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Shi, J., Wang, Y., Liu, C. et al. Freezing and revival of quantum coherence in decoherent reservoir. Quantum Inf Process 19, 385 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-020-02892-2

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