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Quantum Information Theory with Gaussian Systems

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4.2 Reversible <strong>Gaussian</strong> qca<br />

Γ to the phase space argument ξ. Further iteration of the dynamics for t time steps<br />

is equivalent to an overall transformation Γt+1 = Γ Γt. Due to the translational<br />

invariance, this is a convolution-style operation,<br />

4.2.3 Fourier transform<br />

(Γt+1)x,z = (Γt+1)x−z =<br />

+1<br />

y=−1<br />

Γ (x−z)−y · (Γt)y . (4.13)<br />

Since the system obeys translational invariance, it can be diagonalized together<br />

<strong>with</strong> the momentum operator generating the translations. Hence we can simplify<br />

expressions like the iteration relation (4.13) by turning to the Fourier transform<br />

of the phase space, i.e. we decompose the phase space elements ξ into plane-wave<br />

modes as the eigenstates of the momentum operator and consider the resulting weight<br />

functions ˆ ξ <strong>with</strong> values ˆ ξ(k) ∈Ê2 :<br />

ξx = 1<br />

2π<br />

π<br />

dk ˆ ξ(k)e +ikx<br />

−π<br />

and ˆ ξ(k) = <br />

x∈ξx e −ikx . (4.14)<br />

Due to the discrete structure, k is unique only up to multiples of 2π, hence the<br />

Fourier transform is determined by k ∈ [−π, π]. All other translationally invariant<br />

quantities are treated similarly. This casts the iteration relation (4.13) into an<br />

ordinary multiplication of matrices,<br />

ˆΓt(k) = ˆ Γ(k) t, where ˆ Γ(k) = Γ0 + 2f cos(k)Γ ± (4.15)<br />

is the Fourier transform of Γx according to (4.14).<br />

The Fourier transform also simplifies the state condition (4.6) for γ. To properly<br />

define the transformed γ(k), we restrict γ(x) to be absolutely summable, i.e.<br />

<br />

x∈γ(x) < ∞. This condition excludes problematic correlation functions, e.g.<br />

those <strong>with</strong> singular portions but retains the important cases of product and clustering<br />

initial states. From a mathematical point of view, it requires γ(x) to decrease<br />

faster than 1/|x| and makes γ(k) continuous. With this, the state condition (4.6) on<br />

the correlation function reads in terms of Fourier transforms<br />

1<br />

2π<br />

π<br />

dk µ T (k) · <br />

γ(k) + iσs · µ(k) ≥ 0. (4.16)<br />

−π<br />

This is equivalent to the condition on 2×2 matrices that γ(k) + iσs ≥ 0 for all<br />

k ∈ [−π, π]: if this condition holds for all k, then the l.h.s. of (4.16) is indeed positive<br />

semi-definite; if, however, γ(k0) + iσs is not positive semi-definite for some k0, then<br />

the l.h.s. of (4.16) can be made negative by choosing an appropriate µ(k), e.g. the<br />

sharply peaked Fourier transform of a flat <strong>Gaussian</strong> which is centered around k0 and<br />

has been restricted to finite support. Moreover, if γ(k0) + iσs is strictly positive for<br />

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