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Article

Quantum Speed Limit for a Moving Qubit inside a Leaky Cavity

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Faculty of Physics, Urmia University of Technology, Urmia 57166-93188, Iran
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School of Physics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran 19538, Iran
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RCQI, Institute of physics, Slovak Academy of Science, Dubravska Cesta 9, 84511 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Department of Physics, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj P.O. Box 66177-15175, Iran
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Faculty of Physics, Semnan University, Semnan P.O. Box 35195-363, Iran
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Saeed’s Quantum Information Group, Tehran P.O. Box 19395-0560, Iran
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Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Ul. Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Photonics 2022, 9(11), 875; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9110875
Submission received: 18 October 2022 / Revised: 15 November 2022 / Accepted: 17 November 2022 / Published: 18 November 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Photonic State Tomography: Methods and Applications)

Abstract

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The quantum speed limit (QSL) is a theoretical lower bound of the time required for a quantum system to evolve from an arbitrary initial state to its orthogonal counterpart. This figure can be used to characterize the dynamics of open quantum systems, including non-Markovian maps. In this paper, we investigate the QSL time for a model that consists of a single qubit moving inside a leaky cavity. Notably, we show that for both weak and strong coupling regimes, the QSL time increases while we boost the velocity of the qubit inside the leaky cavity. Moreover, it is observed that by increasing the qubit velocity, the speed of the evolution tends to a constant value, and the system becomes more stable. The results provide a better understanding of the dynamics of atom-photon couplings and can be used to enhance the controllability of quantum systems.

1. Introduction

Quantum mechanics, as a fundamental law in nature, sets a bound on the speed of evolution of a quantum system. This bound is utilized in various topics of quantum theory, including quantum communication [1], the investigation of accurate bounds in quantum metrology [2], computational bounds of physical systems [3] and optimal quantum control algorithms [4]. The shortest time a system needs to change from an initial state to its orthogonal state is called the quantum speed limit (QSL) time. This time has been studied for both closed and open quantum systems. For closed systems, geometric criteria such as the Bures angle and relative purity are used to define the bound of QSL time [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]. The first bound of QSL time for closed quantum systems was introduced by Mandelstam and Tamm as [11]
τ Q S L MT = π ħ 2 Δ E ,
where Δ E = H ^ 2 H ^ 2 is the variance of energy of the initial state and H ^ shows the time-independent Hamiltonian. The bound in Equation (1) is known as the MT bound. Another bound of QSL time for closed quantum systems was introduced by Margolus and Levitin as [12]
τ Q S L ML = π ħ 2 E ,
where E = H ^ . The bound in Equation (2) is known as the ML bound. In Ref. [7], Giovannetti et al. combine the MT and ML bounds for closed quantum systems and introduce a unified bound for the QSL time as [13]
τ Q S L = max π ħ 2 Δ E , π ħ 2 E .
In the real world of quantum mechanics, we are dealing with open systems. Hence, the investigation of these systems is of particular importance [14,15,16]. Thus far, a lot of works have been done on QSL time for open quantum systems [17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48]. For instance, Fogarty et al. [17] have shown that the dynamics of orthogonality catastrophe can be characterized by the QSL. In Ref. [18], the authors have demonstrated that the QSL for counterdiabatically driven systems experiencing quantum phase transitions completely encodes the Kibble–Zurek mechanism by precisely predicting the transition from adiabatic to impulse regimes. More recently, Campaioli et al. [41] have constructed bounds on the minimum time required for a provided resource to alter through a fixed increment by utilizing the toolkit of QSLs.
It has been shown that the bound of QSL time for open quantum systems can be defined by extending the MT and ML bounds for these systems [7,8]. In Ref. [28], Zhang et al. have introduced the bound for open quantum systems based on the relative purity for an arbitrary initial state. They have shown that QSL time is dependent on quantum coherence. In this work, we use the Zhang et al. bound, which is presented in Section 3. The motivation for using this bound here is that it can be used for any desired initial state.
The scheme of recent experiments in quantum information theory is based on the control of a qubit within a cavity. In practice, it is difficult to achieve the static state of a qubit in a cavity. Many studies have been done about the moving qubits in Markovian and non-Markovian environments [49,50,51,52,53,54]. Markovian evolution is a memory-less evolution in which information is monotonically leaked from the system to the environment, and there is no backflow of information from the system to the environment. On the other hand, in the non-Markovian regime, the information flows back from the environment to the system. The protection of initial entanglement by moving two qubits in a non-Markovian environment has been studied in Ref. [50]. In Ref. [49], the effects of qubit velocity within the leaky cavity on quantum coherence protection have been studied. The dependence of QSL time on quantum coherence motivates us to study the effect of qubit velocity in a leaky cavity on QSL time. The motivation for choosing this model is that in recent works, it has been shown that by increasing the qubit velocity inside the leaky cavity, the coherence of the qubit state is further protected. Therefore, we expect that as the qubit velocity increases within the leaky cavity, the QSL time will increase, and evolution will be slower.
The work is organized as follows. In Section 2, the model is introduced. In Section 3, the QSL time for a moving qubit is investigated. We disclose the significance and prospects of the current study in Section 4. Finally, we provide conclusions in Section 5.

2. Moving Qubit inside a Leaky Cavity

Here, let us consider a model that includes a single-qubit system and a structured environment. The structure of the environment consists of two mirrors, one at z = L and the other at z = l . There is also a mirror with partial reflection at z = 0 . It can be said that the environment consists of two consecutive cavities in intervals ( L , 0 ) and ( 0 , l ) . The structure of the model is shown in Figure 1. The qubit moves in both cavities; however, the qubit is taken to interact only with the second cavity ( 0 , l ) and moves along the z-axis with constant velocity. Any classical electromagnetic field, namely E ( z , t ) in ( L , l ) , can be expanded as [49,50]
E ( z , t ) = k E k ( t ) U k ( z ) + E k * ( t ) U k * ( z ) ,
where U k ( z ) is the accurate monochromatic mode at frequency ω k and E k ( t ) denotes the amplitude in the k-th mode. Herein, it is assumed that the electromagnetic field is polarized along the x-axis. To meet the boundary conditions in mirrors, the mode functions should be
U k ( z ) = ε k sin k ( z + L ) z < 0 J k sin k ( z l ) z > 0
where ε k takes the value ± 1 going from each mode to the subsequent one, and for a good cavity, we have
J k = c λ 2 / l ω k ω n 2 + λ 2 ,
where ω n = n π c / l is the frequency of the n-th quasi mode and λ represents the damping of the cavity in ( 0 , l ) . λ determines the photon leakage through the cavity mirrors and also determines the spectral width of the spectral density. Here, we assume that the qubit interacts with the second cavity located in the range ( 0 , l ) . The qubit also moves along the z-axis at a constant speed v. The qubit interacts with the cavity modes as it moves inside the cavity. Considering the dipole and rotating-wave approximation, the Hamiltonian of the system is defined as follows:
H ^ = ω 0 | 0 s 0 | + k ω k a k a k + k f k ( z ) g k | 1 s 0 a k + g k * 0 s 1 | a k ,
where | 0 s ( | 1 s ) is the excited (ground) state of the qubit system, ω 0 denotes the transition frequency of the qubit, a k ( a k ) is the creation (annihilation) operator for the k-th cavity mode with the frequency ω k , and g k specifies the coupling between qubit and cavity. The shape function describing the motion of the qubit along the z-axis is given by [55,56,57]
f k ( z ) = f k ( v t ) = sin [ k ( z l ) ] = sin ω k ( β t T ) ,
where β = v / c and T = l / c . It has been shown that the parameter β can be expressed as β = v / c = ( x ) × 10 9 [49]. It is equivalent to v = 0.3 ( x ) for a 85 R b Rydberg microwave qubit. Let us assume that the general initial state of the total system is given by
| ψ ( 0 ) = c 1 | 0 s + c 2 | 1 s | 0 c ,
where we have | c 1 | 2 + | c 2 | 2 = 1 . The initial state of the cavity is in a vacuum state | 0 c . After a while, the system state changes to the following form at time t
| ψ ( t ) = c 1 A ( t ) | 0 s | 0 c + c 2 | 1 | 0 c + k B k ( t ) | 1 s 1 k c ,
in which 1 k c is the cavity state that includes one photon in the k-th mode. Using the Schrödinger equation, differential equations for the probability amplitudes A ( t ) and B k ( t ) can be obtained as follows:
i A ˙ ( t ) = ω 0 A ( t ) + k g k J k f k ( v t ) B k ( t ) ,
i B ˙ k ( t ) = ω k B k ( t ) + g k * J k f k ( v t ) A ( t ) .
By solving Equation (12) and putting its results in Equation (11), we will have
A ˙ ( t ) + i ω 0 A ( t ) = 0 t d t A t k g k 2 J k 2 f k ( v t ) f k v t e i ω k t t .
By defining the probability amplitude as A t = A ˜ t e i ω 0 t and putting it into Equation (13), we have
A ˜ ˙ + 0 t d t F ( t , t ) A ˜ ( t ) = 0 ,
where the memory kernel F ( t , t ) is defined as follows
F ( t , t ) = k | g k | 2 J k 2 f k ( v t ) f k ( v t ) e i ( ω k ω 0 ) ( t t ) .
This memory kernel in the continuum limit has the following form
F ( t , t ) = 0 J ( ω k ) f k ( t , t ) e i ( ω k ω 0 ) ( t t ) d ω k ,
where f k ( t , t ) = sin [ ω k ( β t T ) ] sin [ ω k ( β t T ) ] and J ( ω k ) represents the spectral density of an electromagnetic field inside the cavity. Let us assume that the spectral density of the electromagnetic field inside a cavity has the Lorentzian form
J ( ω k ) = 1 2 π γ λ 2 ( ω n ω k ) 2 + λ 2 ,
where ω k shows the frequency of the k-th cavity mode and ω n is the center frequency of the cavity modes. λ is the spectral width of the spectral density, which is related to the cavity correlation time τ c through τ c = 1 / λ . The parameter γ (coupling strength) is related to the scale time τ s , during which the system changes, through τ s = 1 / γ . Strong and weak coupling regimes can be distinguished by comparing both the τ c and τ s time scales. When τ s > 2 τ c ( γ < λ / 2 ), we have the weak coupling regime, and the dynamics are Markovian [58,59]. The strong coupling regime corresponds to the case in which τ s < 2 τ c ( γ > λ / 2 ), where the dynamics iare non-Markovian. In the continuous limit ( T ), when t > t , the memory kernel can be written as
F ( t , t ) = γ λ 4 cosh θ ( t t ) e λ ¯ ( t t ) ,
where λ ¯ = λ i Δ and θ = β ( λ ¯ + i ω 0 ) . By putting Equation (18) to Equation (14) and using the Bromwich integral formula, the probability amplitudes A ˜ ( t ) can be obtained as follows:
A ˜ ( t ) = ( q 1 + u + ) ( q 1 + u ) ( q 1 q 2 ) ( q 1 q 3 ) e q 1 γ t ( q 2 + u + ) ( q 2 + u ) ( q 1 q 2 ) ( q 2 q 3 ) e q 2 γ t + ( q 3 + u + ) ( q 3 + u ) ( q 1 q 3 ) ( q 2 q 3 ) e q 3 γ t ,
where q i ’s ( i = 1 , 2 , 3 ) satisfy the following cubic equation as
q 3 + 2 ( y 1 i y 3 ) q 2 + ( u + u + y 1 4 ) q + y 1 ( y 1 i y 3 ) 4 = 0 ,
where y 1 = λ / γ , y 2 = ω 0 / γ , y 3 = ( ω 0 ω n ) / γ , and u ± = ( 1 ± β ) ± i β y 2 i ( 1 ± β ) y 3 . Using Equation (19), the evolved density matrix can be obtained as follows:
ρ ( t ) = | c 1 | 2 | A ( t ) | 2 c 1 c 2 * A ( t ) c 2 c 1 * A * ( t ) 1 | c 1 | 2 | A ( t ) | 2 .

3. QSL Time for the Model

In this section, we first review one of the comprehensive criteria for determining the QSL time for open quantum systems [28], and then the QSL time is studied for a moving qubit inside a leaky cavity. The dynamics of an open quantum system are described via the following master equation
ρ ˙ t = L t ρ t ,
where ρ t is the evolved state of the system at time t and L t (the Liouvillian super-operator) is the linear generator of quantum evolution that preserves the algebraic properties of the density matrix (trace, positivity, and Hermiticity) [60]. It has been demonstrated that time-dependent generators of quantum evolution L t can lead to memory effects; see, for example, Refs. [61,62,63,64,65]. QSL time is defined as the shortest time required to evolve from ρ τ to ρ τ + τ D , where τ is the initial time and τ D is the driving time. Indeed, τ D is the time taken for the system to reach a desired state ρ τ + τ D from an initial state ρ τ . If the QSL time is equal to the driving time, the evolution of the quantum system cannot accelerate, while if the QSL time is smaller than the driving time, there is a potential for the evolution of the quantum system to accelerate. In Ref. [28], the authors have used relative purity to calculate the QSL time for open quantum systems. They have shown that the relative purity between the state at initial time τ and the target state at time τ + τ D can be written as
F τ + τ D = tr ρ τ ρ τ + τ D tr ρ τ 2 .
By following the method outlined in Ref. [28], the ML bound for QSL time can be obtained as follows:
τ Q S L ML = F τ + τ D 1 t r ρ τ 2 i = 1 n κ i ϱ i ¯ ,
where ϱ i and κ i are the singular values of ρ τ and L t ( ρ t ) , respectively, and ¯ = 1 τ D τ τ + τ D d t . The MT bound of QSL time can also be obtained similarly as follows:
τ Q S L MT = F τ + τ D 1 tr ρ τ 2 i = 1 n κ i 2 ¯ .
By merging these two bounds for QSL time, a comprehensive bound can be achieved as follows:
τ Q S L = max 1 i = 1 n κ i ϱ i ¯ , 1 i = 1 n κ i 2 ¯ × F τ + τ D 1 tr ρ τ 2 .
It has also been shown that the ML bound in Equation (24) is tighter than the MT bound in Equation (25) [28]. The QSL time is inversely related to the speed of evolution in such a way that with increasing QSL time, the speed of evolution decreases and vice versa. In this work, we consider the maximally coherent initial state. This means that we put c 1 = c 2 = 1 / 2 in Equation (9). Therefore, the evolved density matrix has the following form
ρ ( t ) = 1 2 | A ( t ) | 2 A ( t ) A * ( t ) 2 | A ( t ) | 2 .
Let us calculate the singular values of ρ τ and L t ( ρ t ) , respectively. For ρ τ , the singular values are
ϱ 1 , 2 = 1 2 1 2 A ( τ ) 4 A ( τ ) 2 + 1 .
The singular values κ i of L t ( ρ t ) can be obtained as
κ 1 = κ 2 = 1 2 ω 0 2 | A ( t ) | 2 + | A ˙ ( t ) | 2 i ω 0 A ( t ) A ˙ ( t ) * + i ω 0 A ( t ) * A ˙ ( t ) + 4 A ( t ) 2 A ˙ ( t ) 2 .
Finally, the QSL time for the qubit to evolve from ρ τ to ρ τ + τ D can be obtained as
τ Q S L A D = F τ + τ D 1 tr ρ τ 2 1 τ D τ τ + τ D ϱ 1 κ 1 + ϱ 2 κ 2 d t ,
where
F τ + τ D 1 t r ρ τ 2 = | 2 | A ( τ ) | 4 + 2 ( | A ( τ ) | 2 1 ) | A ( τ + τ D ) | 2 + e i k ω 0 A ( τ + τ D ) A ( τ ) * + e i k ω 0 A ( τ + τ D ) * A ( τ ) | .
In Figure 2, the QSL time (30) is plotted in terms of initial time τ for weak coupling regime ( γ < λ / 2 ). Also, different values of the velocity of moving qubit β have been considered. In a weak coupling regime, the dynamics is Markovian. As can be seen, the QSL time increases by enhancing the velocity of the moving qubit. It can also be seen that with increasing qubit velocity, QSL time almost reaches a constant value, and it leads to a uniform speed for the dynamics. In fact, by increasing the velocity of the qubit inside the leaky cavity, coherence is protected, so the speed of evolution decreases. It can be stated that by increasing the qubit velocity inside the leaky cavity, the single-qubit system will be more stable, and the process of losing coherence will be slower.
In Figure 3, the QSL time is plotted as a function of τ for a strong coupling regime ( γ > λ / 2 ). As mentioned before, in a strong coupling regime, the dynamics are non-Markovian, and information flows back from the environment to the system. In this figure, the QSL time is plotted for different values of the velocity of the moving qubit β . As can be seen, the QSL time has an oscillating behavior and decreases for small values of the velocity of the qubit. It is also observed that the QSL time grows with increasing the velocity of the qubit inside the leaky cavity. One can also be seen that with increasing qubit speed, QSL time almost reaches a constant value and, therefore, leads to a uniform evolution speed for the mentioned open system.
In Figure 4, we present the QSL time versus the driving time τ D . In the Markovian regime, we obtain a linear relation between the QSL time and τ D , which was an anticipated effect for the weak coupling scenario. However, when we shift to the strong coupling regime, we observe oscillations that are visible proof of non-Markovianity affecting the dynamics.
Finally, we illustrate the QSL time versus the environmental parameter λ / γ and some fixed values in Figure 5. As mentioned before, for our cavity model, the dynamic is non-Markovian when λ / γ < 2 and we have a strong coupling regime. Therefore, it can be said that the evolution moves towards being Markovian, and the QSL time increases with increasing λ / γ . Considering the inverse relationship between the QSL time and the speed of evolution, it can be said that with the increase of λ / γ , the evolution will become Markovian, and the speed of evolution will decrease, which is comparable to the results obtained in Ref. [66].

4. Discussion

The ability to determine the QSL time implies better controllability of open quantum systems [67,68,69,70,71]. By scrupulously manipulating the parameters, i.e., atom-photon coupling constant and qubit velocity, we can transfer an arbitrary initial state into the target one within a designated period of time. This can be considered environment-induced engineering of quantum states, which results in following a predetermined trajectory in the state set. On the other hand, for a given environment setting, one can predict the behavior of a two-level system in the optical cavity. The interactions between an atom and photons are a form of decoherence that affects the initially encoded qubit. However, we can track the qubit in the time domain and steer the pace of its evolution by regulating the velocity. As it is demonstrated, by increasing the velocity, we can slow down the evolution, which partially protects the qubit from decoherence.
Finally, let us discuss the significance of the results in reference to quantum state tomography (QST). There are numerous frameworks of state reconstruction that benefit from applying knowledge about dynamics; see, for example, Refs. [72,73]. Such approaches allow one to generate a time-dependent measurement record, which can be either discrete [74] or continuous [75]. However, the main challenge related to dynamical QST frameworks is associated with the difficulty in manipulating time in microstructures. Therefore, the results presented in this manuscript, which precisely quantify the QSL time for various settings, give hope for constructing enhanced QST models for the tomography of qubits trapped in an optical cavity. In such models, it will be necessary to take into account different sources of errors associated with optical cavities, such as the thermal noise [76,77].

5. Conclusions

In the quantum world, we are mostly dealing with open quantum systems. Due to the importance of open quantum systems, the study of the dynamics and properties of these systems is of particular interest. One of the features that can be considered in both closed and open quantum systems is the QSL time. In this work, a framework is considered as an open quantum system in which a single qubit moves inside a leaky cavity. The motivation for choosing such a structure is that in this model, as a result of the movement of a single qubit with high speed, the degree of coherence of the initial state remains more stable during the evolution. In this structure, both strong coupling and weak coupling of the system with cavity modes were considered. In a weak coupling regime, the dynamics is Markovian (memory-less), which means that information is leaked from the system to the environment monotonically, and there is no flow back of information. Conversely, in a strong coupling regime, the dynamic is non-Markovian (with memory effects), and information flows back from the environment to the system during the evolution.
In this work, the QSL time was studied for the mentioned model, i.e., the moving qubit inside a leaky cavity. In the case of a weak coupling regime, it was observed that the QSL time decreases monotonically with increasing initial time τ . It was also observed that with the increasing velocity of the qubit inside the leaky cavity, the QSL time increases. Due to the inverse relationship between QSL time and speed of the evolution, it can be said that by increasing the qubit velocity inside the leaky cavity, the speed of evolution decreases and the system is more stable. Of course, such a result was predictable due to the direct relation between the coherence of the initial state and the QSL time. In the case of a strong coupling regime, it was observed that the QSL time decreases with an oscillating behavior. It was also observed that the QSL time increases when boosting the velocity of the qubit inside a leaky cavity. In summary, one can conclude that in the mentioned model, for both strong and weak coupling regimes, increasing the velocity of the qubit inside a leaky cavity leads to an increase in the QSL time and slowing down the evolution.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, S.H. (Soroush Haseli) and M.H.; methodology, S.H. (Soroush Haseli) and S.H. (Saeed Haddadi); software, S.H. (Soroush Haseli); validation, S.H. (Soroush Haseli), H.D., S.H. (Saeed Haddadi) and A.C.; formal analysis, S.H. (Soroush Haseli), S.H. (Saeed Haddadi) and A.C.; investigation, S.H. (Soroush Haseli), M.H. and H.D.; resources, S.H. (Soroush Haseli), S.H. (Saeed Haddadi) and A.C.; data curation, S.H. (Soroush Haseli); writing—original draft preparation, S.H. (Soroush Haseli), S.H. (Saeed Haddadi) and A.C.; writing—review and editing, S.H. (Soroush Haseli), S.H. (Saeed Haddadi) and A.C.; visualization, S.H. (Soroush Haseli) and A.C.; supervision, S.H. (Soroush Haseli) and S.H. (Saeed Haddadi); project administration, S.H. (Saeed Haddadi). All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

No data availability statement is available.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript:
QSLQuantum speed limit
MTMandelstam and Tamm
MLMargolus and Levitin
QSTQuantum state tomography

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Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the model where the qubit moves inside a leaky cavity with a constant velocity of v.
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the model where the qubit moves inside a leaky cavity with a constant velocity of v.
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Figure 2. QSL time for moving qubit inside a leaky cavity versus initial time τ when λ = 3 γ , ω 0 = ω n = 1.53 GHz and τ D = 1 for different values of the velocity of the moving qubit. β = 15 × 10 9 (blue line), β = 50 × 10 9 (orange line), β = 70 × 10 9 (green line), β = 100 × 10 9 (black line).
Figure 2. QSL time for moving qubit inside a leaky cavity versus initial time τ when λ = 3 γ , ω 0 = ω n = 1.53 GHz and τ D = 1 for different values of the velocity of the moving qubit. β = 15 × 10 9 (blue line), β = 50 × 10 9 (orange line), β = 70 × 10 9 (green line), β = 100 × 10 9 (black line).
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Figure 3. QSL time for moving qubit inside a leaky cavity versus initial time τ when λ = 0.01 γ , ω 0 = ω n = 1.53 GHz and τ D = 1 for different values of the velocity of the moving qubit. β = 0.05 × 10 9 (blue line), β = 0.1 × 10 9 (orange line), β = 0.3 × 10 9 (green line), and β = 0.5 × 10 9 (black line).
Figure 3. QSL time for moving qubit inside a leaky cavity versus initial time τ when λ = 0.01 γ , ω 0 = ω n = 1.53 GHz and τ D = 1 for different values of the velocity of the moving qubit. β = 0.05 × 10 9 (blue line), β = 0.1 × 10 9 (orange line), β = 0.3 × 10 9 (green line), and β = 0.5 × 10 9 (black line).
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Figure 4. QSL time for moving qubit inside a leaky cavity versus driving time τ D when ω 0 = ω n = 1.53 GHz, β = 1 × 10 9 , and τ = 0 for non-Markovian dynamics λ = 0.1 γ and Markovian dynamics (inset plot) λ = 3 γ .
Figure 4. QSL time for moving qubit inside a leaky cavity versus driving time τ D when ω 0 = ω n = 1.53 GHz, β = 1 × 10 9 , and τ = 0 for non-Markovian dynamics λ = 0.1 γ and Markovian dynamics (inset plot) λ = 3 γ .
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Figure 5. QSL time for moving qubit inside a leaky cavity versus λ / γ when ω 0 = ω n = 1.53 GHz, β = 1 × 10 9 , τ D = 600 , and τ = 0 .
Figure 5. QSL time for moving qubit inside a leaky cavity versus λ / γ when ω 0 = ω n = 1.53 GHz, β = 1 × 10 9 , τ D = 600 , and τ = 0 .
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