Heat bath in a quantum circuit

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Autores principales: Pekola, Jukka P., Karimi, Bayan
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author Pekola, Jukka P.
Karimi, Bayan
author_facet Pekola, Jukka P.
Karimi, Bayan
contents We discuss the concept and realization of a heat bath in solid state quantum systems. First we demonstrate that, unlike a true resistor, a finite one-dimensional Josephson junction array or analogously a transmission line with non-vanishing frequency spacing does not strictly qualify as a Caldeira-Leggett type dissipative environment. We then consider a set of quantum two-level systems as a bath, which can be realized as a collection of qubits. We demonstrate that only a dense and wide distribution of energies of the two-level systems can secure long Poincare recurrence times characteristic of a proper heat bath. An alternative for this bath is a collection of harmonic oscillators, for instance in form of superconducting resonators.
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spellingShingle Heat bath in a quantum circuit
Pekola, Jukka P.
Karimi, Bayan
Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We discuss the concept and realization of a heat bath in solid state quantum systems. First we demonstrate that, unlike a true resistor, a finite one-dimensional Josephson junction array or analogously a transmission line with non-vanishing frequency spacing does not strictly qualify as a Caldeira-Leggett type dissipative environment. We then consider a set of quantum two-level systems as a bath, which can be realized as a collection of qubits. We demonstrate that only a dense and wide distribution of energies of the two-level systems can secure long Poincare recurrence times characteristic of a proper heat bath. An alternative for this bath is a collection of harmonic oscillators, for instance in form of superconducting resonators.
title Heat bath in a quantum circuit
topic Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.01246