Non-Markovian quantum jumps
Quantum Physics
2009-11-13 v3
Abstract
Open quantum systems that interact with structured reservoirs exhibit non-Markovian dynamics. We present a quantum jump method for treating the dynamics of such systems. This approach is a generalization of the standard Monte Carlo Wave Function (MCWF) method for Markovian dynamics. The MCWF method identifies decay rates with jump probabilities and fails for non-Markovian systems where the time-dependent rates become temporarily negative. Our non-Markovian quantum jump (NMQJ) approach circumvents this problem and provides an efficient unravelling of the ensemble dynamics.
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@article{arxiv.0706.4438,
title = {Non-Markovian quantum jumps},
author = {J. Piilo and S. Maniscalco and K. Harkonen and K. -A. Suominen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.4438},
year = {2009}
}