Completely positive dynamical semigroups of N-level systems
- 1 May 1976
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 17 (5) , 821-825
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.522979
Abstract
We establish the general form of the generator of a completely positive dynamical semigroup of an N‐level quantum system, and we apply the result to derive explicit inequalities among the physical parameters characterizing the Markovian evolution of a 2‐level system.Keywords
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