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A perturbative approach to non-Markovian stochastic Schr\"odinger equations

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

In this paper we present a perturbative procedure that allows one to numerically solve diffusive non-Markovian Stochastic Schr\"odinger equations, for a wide range of memory functions. To illustrate this procedure numerical results are presented for a classically driven two level atom immersed in a environment with a simple memory function. It is observed that as the order of the perturbation is increased the numerical results for the ensembled average state ρred(t)\rho_{\rm red}(t) approach the exact reduced state found via Imamo\=glu's enlarged system method [Phys. Rev. A. 50, 3650 (1994)].

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0208169,
  title  = {A perturbative approach to non-Markovian stochastic Schr\"odinger equations},
  author = {Jay Gambetta and H. M. Wiseman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0208169},
  year   = {2009}
}

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17 pages, 4 figures