Towards practical non-Markovianity measures: Normalization and regularization techniques

Abstract

Measures characterizing the non-Markovianity degree of the quantum dynamics have several drawbacks when applied to real devices. They depend on the chosen measurement time interval and are highly sensitive to experimental noise and errors. We propose several techniques to enhance the practical applicability of the measures and verify our findings experimentally on a superconducting transmon and a trapped-ion qubit. The time dependence can be disregarded by introduction of the measure per oscillation, while the sensitivity to noise is reduced by applying a regularization procedure. The results for both types of qubits are compared with theoretical predictions for a simple model of non-Markovianity based on qubit-qubit interaction.