A short introduction to the Lindblad Master Equation
Quantum Physics
2020-02-06 v3 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
The theory of open quantum system is one of the most essential tools for the development of quantum technologies. Furthermore, the Lindblad (or Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad) Master Equation plays a key role as it is the most general generator of Markovian dynamics in quantum systems. In this paper, we present this equation together with its derivation and methods of resolution. The presentation tries to be as self-contained and straightforward as possible to be useful to readers with no previous knowledge of this field.
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@article{arxiv.1906.04478,
title = {A short introduction to the Lindblad Master Equation},
author = {Daniel Manzano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.04478},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
Pedagogical paper, aimed to people which knowledge about quantum mechanics but not previous background about quantum master equations