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The general analysis of quantum noise shows that a squeezing noise can produce quadratic nonlinearities in the Langevin equations leading to the Bloch equations. These quadratic nonlinearities are governed by the imaginary part of the off-diagonal terms of the covariance of the noise (the squeezing terms) and imply a correction to the usual form of the Bloch equations. Here we study numerically the case of spin-one nuclei subjected to squeezing noises of particular type. We show that the corrections to the Bloch equations, suggested by the theory, to the behaviour of the macroscopic nuclear polarization in a scale of times of the order of the relaxation time can be quite substantial. In the equilibrium regime, even if the qualitative behaviour of the system is the same (exponential decay), the numerical equilibrium values predicted by the theory are consistently different from those predicted by the usual Bloch equation. We suggest that this difference might be used to test experimentally the observable effects of squeezing noises.
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Abundo, M., Accardi, L. Squeezing corrections to the Bloch equations. Nuov Cim B 106, 187–194 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02827333
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02827333