Periodically driven quantum open systems: Tutorial
Quantum Physics
2012-05-22 v1
Abstract
We present a short derivation and discussion of the master equation for an open quantum system weakly coupled to a heat bath and then its generalization to the case of with periodic external driving based on the Floquet theory. Further, a single heat bath is replaced by several ones. We present also the definition of heat currents which satisfies the second law of thermodynamics and apply the general results to a simple model of periodically modulated qubit.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1205.4552,
title = {Periodically driven quantum open systems: Tutorial},
author = {Robert Alicki and David Gelbwaser-Klimovsky and Gershon Kurizki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.4552},
year = {2012}
}