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Using the numerical path integral method we investigate the decoherence and relaxation of qubits coupled to an Ohmic bath directly and via an intermediate harmonic oscillator (IHO). Here, we suppose the oscillation frequencies of the bath…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xian-Ting Liang

We investigate an explicit example of how spatial decoherence can lead to hydrodynamic behavior in the late-time, long-wavelength regime of open quantum systems. We focus on the case of a single non-relativistic quantum particle linearly…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-17 Zhi-Li Zhou , Mauricio Hippert , Nicki Mullins , Jorge Noronha

In the long-time limit, an open quantum system coupled to a dissipative environment is believed to lose its coherence without driving or measurement. Counterintuitively, we provide a necessary condition on trapping the coherence of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-07 Jia-Ming Zhang , Bing Chen , Jun Jing

Given a multilevel system coupled to a bath, we use a Feshbach P,Q partitioning technique to derive an exact trace-nonpreserving master equation for a subspace $\mathcal{S}_{i}$ of the system. The resultant equation properly treats the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Lian-Ao Wu , Gershon Kurizki , Paul Brumer

We establish for the first time an exact stochastic dynamical equation for an open quantum systems coupled to correlated noises. We rigorously investigate the nonequilibrium dynamics of a qubit system under the influence of two strongly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-16 Jun Jing , Rui Li , J. Q. You , Ting Yu

Decoherence, resulting from unwanted interaction between a qubit and its environment, poses a serious challenge towards the development of quantum technologies. Recently, researchers have started analysing how real-time Hamiltonian learning…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Eleanor Scerri , Erik M. Gauger , Cristian Bonato

Spin qubits in quantum dots are a promising technology for quantum computing due to their fast response time and long coherence times. An electromagnetic pulse is applied to the system for a specific duration to perform a desired rotation.…

In this paper, we study a quantum harmonic oscillator in a Mach-Zehnder-type interferometer which interacts with an environment, including electromagnetic oscillators. By solving the Lindblad master equation, we calculate the resulted…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-22 Ali Soltanmanesh , Afshin Shafiee

We consider the quantum harmonic oscillator in contact with a finite temperature bath, modelled by the Caldeira-Leggett master equation. Applying periodic kicks to the oscillator, we study the system in different dynamical regimes between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-22 M. A. Prado , P. C. López Vázquez , T. Gorin

We consider a quantum harmonic oscillator coupled with a graviton bath and discuss the loss of coherence in the matter sector due to the matter-graviton vertex interaction. Working in the quantum-field-theory framework, we obtain a master…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-24 Marko Toroš , Anupam Mazumdar , Sougato Bose

We investigate the time-optimal control of the purification of a qubit interacting with a structured environment, consisting of a strongly coupled two-level defect in interaction with a thermal bath. On the basis of a geometric analysis, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 Jonas Fischer , Daniel Basilewitsch , Christiane P. Koch , Dominique Sugny

In this paper, we investigate the decoherence of qubit due to its coupling to a Hermitian or a non-Hermitian bath within the pure dephasing spin-boson model. First, using this model, we analytically establish the previously anticipated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-18 Yue-Hong Wu , Ning-Hua Tong

Macroscopic quantum amplifiers maintain coherence even while strongly coupled to their surroundings, demonstrating that coherence can be preserved through architecture rather than isolation. Here we derive a finite structured-bath…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Ridwan Sakidja

Decoherence largely limits the physical realization of qubits and its mitigation is critical to quantum science. Here, we construct a robust qubit embedded in a decoherence-protected subspace, obtained by hybridizing an applied microwave…

We demonstrate in a very general fashion, considerable slowing down of decoherence and relaxation by fast frequency modulation of the system heat bath coupling. The slowing occurs as the decoherence rates are now determined by the spectral…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 G. S. Agarwal

I analyze the decoherence of a $\pi$-junction qubit encoded by two co-located Majorana modes. Although not topologically protected, the qubit leverages distinct spatial profiles to couple to two independent environmental baths, realizing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 E. Novais

We consider the dynamics of a system coupled to a thermal bath, going beyond the standard two-level system through the addition of an energy excitation degree of freedom. Further extensions are to systems containing many fermions, with the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-08-04 Nicole F. Bell , R. F. Sawyer , Raymond R. Volkas

Engineering and harnessing coherent excitonic transport in organic nanostructures has recently been suggested as a promising way towards improving man-made light harvesting materials. However, realising and testing the dissipative…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-19 A. W. Chin , E. Mangaud , O. Atabek , M. Desouter-Lecomte

In this work, we examine how the structure of system-bath interactions can determine commonly encountered temporal decoherence patterns, such as Gaussian and exponential decay, in molecular and other qubits coupled to a thermal bosonic…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-02-12 Ignacio Gustin , Xinxian Chen , Ignacio Franco

The key feature of a quantum spin coupled to a harmonic bath---a model dissipative quantum system---is competition between oscillator potential energy and spin tunneling rate. We show that these opposing tendencies cause environmental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-21 Soumya Bera , Serge Florens , Harold U. Baranger , Nicolas Roch , Ahsan Nazir , Alex W. Chin