%0 Journal Article
%T The Zeno and anti-Zeno effects on decay in dissipative quantum systems
%A A. G. Kofman
%A G. Kurizki
%J Physics
%D 1999
%I arXiv
%X We point out that the quantum Zeno effect, i.e., inhibition of spontaneous decay by frequent measurements, is observable only in spectrally finite reservoirs, i.e., in cavities and waveguides, using a sequence of evolution-interrupting pulses or randomly-modulated CW fields. By contrast, such measurements can only accelerate decay in free space.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9912077v1