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Quantum non-Markovianity in tripartite quantum states $\rho_{ABC}$ represents a correlation between systems $A$ and $C$ when conditioned on the system $B$ and is known to have both classical and quantum contributions. However, a systematic…

We study the efficacy of the two recently introduced witnesses of non-Markovianity, namely that based on temporal correlations in pseudo-density matrix and temporal steering correlations in detecting information backflow. We show, through…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 Shrikant Utagi , Prateek Chawla

A large class of non-Markovian quantum processes in open systems can be formulated through time-local master equations which are not in Lindblad form. It is shown that such processes can be embedded in a Markovian dynamics which involves a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Heinz-Peter Breuer

We derive a formalism of stochastic master equations (SME) which describes the decoherence dynamics of a system in spin environments conditioned on the measurement record. Markovian and non-Markovian nature of environment can be revealed by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-02 Dong Xie , An Min Wang

We study the behavior of non-Markovianity with respect to the localization of the initial environmental state. The "amount" of non-Markovianity is measured using divisibility and distinguishability as indicators, employing several schemes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-03 David Davalos , Carlos Pineda

We explore signatures of the non-Markovianity in the time-resolved energy transfer processes for quantum open systems. Focusing on typical systems such as the exact solvable damped Jaynes-Cummings model and the general spin-boson model, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-19 Junjie Liu , Hui Xu , Changqin Wu

Non-Markovian effects are important in modeling the behavior of open quantum systems arising in solid-state physics, quantum optics as well as in study of biological and chemical systems. The non-Markovian environment is often approximated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-05 Rahul Trivedi , Daniel Malz , J. Ignacio Cirac

Investigations of quantum and mesoscopic thermodynamics force one to answer two fundamental questions associated with the foundations of statistical mechanics: (i) how does macroscopic irreversibility emerge from microscopic reversibility?…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-20 Wei-Min Zhang

Non-Markovian quantum effects are typically observed in systems interacting with structured reservoirs. Discrete-time quantum walks are prime example of such systems in which, quantum memory arises due to the controlled interaction between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-18 N. Pradeep Kumar , Subhashish Banerjee , C. M. Chandrashekar

An all-optical scheme for simulating non-Markovian evolution of a quantum system is proposed. It uses only linear optics elements and by controlling the system parameters allows one to control the presence or absence of information backflow…

The quantum jump approach allows to characterize the stochastic dynamics associated to an open quantum system submitted to a continuous measurement action. In this paper we show that this formalism can consistently be extended to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-03 Adrian A. Budini

We define non-Markovian quantum dynamics as evolution in which the current state depends on all past states, and completely characterize its structure under the assumptions of complete positivity and non-signalling. The resulting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-07 Serhii Kryhin , Vivishek Sudhir

We explore in a rigorous manner the intuitive connection between the non-Markovianity of the evolution of an open quantum system and the performance of the system as a quantum memory. Using the paradigmatic case of a two-level open quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-14 Margarida Hinarejos , Mari-Carmen Bañuls , Armando Pérez , Inés de Vega

The non-Markovianity is a recently proposed characterization of the non-Markovian behavior in an open quantum system, based on which we first present a practical idea for directly measuring the non-Markovian character of a single qubit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-27 Z. Y. Xu , W. L. Yang , M. Feng

We investigate the back-flow of information in a system with a second-order structural phase transition, namely a quasi one-dimensional Coulomb crystal. Using standard Ramsey interferometry which couples a target ion (the system) to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Massimo Borrelli , Pinja Haikka , Gabriele De Chiara , Sabrina Maniscalco

We study a recently proposed measure for the quantification of quantum non-Markovianity in the dynamics of open systems which is based on the exchange of information between the open system and its environment. This measure relates the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-12-18 Steffen Wissmann , Antti Karlsson , Elsi-Mari Laine , Jyrki Piilo , Heinz-Peter Breuer

We show that an open quantum system in a non-Markovian environment can reach steady states that it cannot reach in a Markovian environment. As these steady states are unique for the non-Markovian regime, they could offer a simple way of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Andreas Ask , Göran Johansson

Memory or time-non-local effects in open quantum dynamics pose theoretical as well as practical challenges in the understanding and control of noisy quantum systems. While there has been a comprehensive and concerted effort towards…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-25 A. Keefe , N. Agarwal , A. Kamal

Non-Markovian effects are ubiquitous in physical quantum systems and remain a significant challenge to achieving high-quality control and reliable quantum computation, but due to their inherent complexity, are rarely characterized. Past…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-06 Adam Winick , Joel J. Wallman , Joseph Emerson

Quantum non-Markovianity represents memory during the system dynamics, which is typically weakened by the temperature. We here study the effects of environmental temperature on the non-Markovianity of an open quantum system by virtue of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 Zhong-Xiao Man , Yun-Jie Xia , Rosario Lo Franco