{
  "id": "quant-ph/0607071",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2006-07-11T12:53:43.000Z",
  "updated": "2006-07-11T12:53:43.000Z",
  "title": "Tests of Complete Positivity in Fiber Optics",
  "authors": [
    "F. Benatti",
    "R. Floreanini"
  ],
  "comment": "10 pages, LaTeX",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "cond-mat.other",
    "hep-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "We consider the propagation of polarized photons in optical fibers under the action of randomly generated noise. In such situation, the change in time of the photon polarization can be described by a quantum dynamical semigroup. We show that the hierarchy among the decay constants of the polarization density matrix elements as prescribed by complete positivity can be experimentally probed using standard laboratory set-ups.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2006-07-11T12:53:43.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "complete positivity",
      "fiber optics",
      "polarization density matrix elements",
      "standard laboratory set-ups",
      "quantum dynamical semigroup"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "LaTeX",
      "pages": 10,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 721394,
      "adsabs": "2006quant.ph..7071B"
    }
  }
}