Gain on ground state of quantum system for truly $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry
Abstract
For a truly -symmetric quantum system, the conventional non-Hermitian Hamiltonian is , where and are real parameters and denotes Pauli X operator. These three terms represent coherent coupling, loss (on state ), and gain (on state ), respectively. Although the works in [Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{101}, 230404 (2008); Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{119}, 190401 (2017); Science \textbf{364}, 878 (2019)] proposed theoretically and/or demonstrate dilation methods for a truly parity-time()-symmetric Hamiltonian by embedding into larger Hermitian space, directly realizing the gain term has still remained an outstanding challenge for quantum system. While systems omitting this gain term can exhibit a passively -symmetric energy spectrum (featuring a parallel imaginary shift) and display related phenomena, they fail to capture the full physical behavior and unique properties inherent to truly -symmetric systems. In this manuscript, we propose a method to achieve effective gain on the ground state () after averaging all trajectories, by integrating the S{\o}rensen-Reiter effective operator method with the Wiseman-Milburn master equation for continuous measurement and instantaneous feedback control after averaging the evolution over all trajectories. This approach provides a possible pathway to efficiently construct truly -symmetric quantum devices, offering a powerful platform for engineering quantum resources vital for quantum information technology applications.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2507.22728,
title = {Gain on ground state of quantum system for truly $\mathcal{PT}$ symmetry},
author = {Bing-Bing Liu and Shi-Lei Su},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.22728},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
7 pages, 3 figures