01168nas a2200097   4500008004300000245006600043210006600109520083700175100002201012856003601034       2004                        en_Ud  00aRepresenting multiqubit unitary evolutions via Stokes tensors0 aRepresenting multiqubit unitary evolutions via Stokes tensors3 aFor the Stokes tensor parametrization of a multiqubit density operator, we provide an explicit formulation of the corresponding unitary dynamics at the infinitesimal level. The main advantage of this formalism (clearly reminiscent of the ideas of ``coherences\\\'\\\' and ``coupling Hamiltonians\\\'\\\' of spin systems) is that the pattern of correlation between qubits and the pattern of infinitesimal correlation are highlighted simultaneously and can be used constructively for qubit manipulation. For example, it allows to compute explicitly a Rodrigues\\\' formula for the one-parameter orbits of nonlocal Hamiltonians. The result is easily generalizable to orbits of Cartan subalgebras and allows to express the Cartan decomposition of unitary propagators as a linear action directly in terms of the infinitesimal generators.1 aAltafini, Claudio  uhttp://hdl.handle.net/1963/2307