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Resummation for Nonequilibrium Perturbation Theory and Application to Open Quantum Lattices

Quantum Physics 2016-06-22 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Lattice models of fermions, bosons, and spins have long served to elucidate the essential physics of quantum phase transitions in a variety of systems. Generalizing such models to incorporate driving and dissipation has opened new vistas to investigate nonequilibrium phenomena and dissipative phase transitions in interacting many-body systems. We present a framework for the treatment of such open quantum lattices based on a resummation scheme for the Lindblad perturbation series. Employing a convenient diagrammatic representation, we utilize this method to obtain relevant observables for the open Jaynes-Cummings lattice, a model of special interest for open-system quantum simulation. We demonstrate that the resummation framework allows us to reliably predict observables for both finite and infinite Jaynes-Cummings lattices with different lattice geometries. The resummation of the Lindblad perturbation series can thus serve as a valuable tool in validating open quantum simulators, such as circuit-QED lattices, currently being investigated experimentally.

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@article{arxiv.1511.01551,
  title  = {Resummation for Nonequilibrium Perturbation Theory and Application to Open Quantum Lattices},
  author = {Andy C. Y. Li and F. Petruccione and Jens Koch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.01551},
  year   = {2016}
}

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15 pages, 9 figures