AUTHOR=Lonigro Davide , Chruściński Dariusz 

TITLE=On the classicality of quantum dephasing processes

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Quantum Science and Technology

VOLUME=1

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/quantum-science-and-technology/articles/10.3389/frqst.2022.1090022

DOI=10.3389/frqst.2022.1090022

ISSN=2813-2181

ABSTRACT=<p>We analyze the multitime statistics associated with pure dephasing systems repeatedly probed with sharp measurements, and search for measurement protocols whose statistics satisfy the Kolmogorov consistency conditions possibly up to a finite order. We find a rich phenomenology of quantum dephasing processes which can be interpreted in classical terms. In particular, if the underlying dephasing process is Markovian, we find sufficient conditions under which classicality at every order can be found: this can be reached by choosing the dephasing and measurement basis to be fully compatible or fully incompatible, that is, mutually unbiased bases (MUBs). For non-Markovian processes, classicality can only be proven in the fully compatible case, thus revealing a key difference between Markovian and non-Markovian pure dephasing processes.</p>