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The developing field of stochastic thermodynamics extends concepts of macroscopic thermodynamics such as entropy production and work to the microscopic level of individual trajectories taken by a system through phase space. The scheme…

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Machine learning methods have proved to be useful for the recognition of patterns in statistical data. The measurement outcomes are intrinsically random in quantum physics, however, they do have a pattern when the measurements are performed…

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We consider a microscopic collision model, i.e., a quantum system interacts with a hierarchical environment consisting of an auxiliary system and a reservoir. We show how the non-Markovian character of the system is influenced by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-27 Yong-Wei Li , Lei Li

A precise understanding of the influence of a quantum system's environment on its dynamics, which is at the heart of the theory of open quantum systems, is crucial for further progress in the development of controllable large-scale quantum…

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We combine the dynamics of open quantum systems with interferometry and interference introducing the concept of open system interferometer. By considering a single photon in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, where the polarization (open…

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The high numerical demands for simulating non-Markovian open quantum systems motivate a line of research where short-time dynamical maps are extrapolated to predict long-time behavior. The transfer tensor method (TTM) has emerged as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-28 Moritz Cygorek , Erik M. Gauger

Exchange of information between a quantum system and its surrounding environment plays a fundamental role in the study of the dynamics of open quantum systems. Here we discuss the role of the information exchange in the non-Markovian…

We investigate the effect of counter-rotating-wave terms on the non-Markovianity in quantum open systems by employing the hierarchical equations of motion in the framework of the non-Markovian quantum state diffusion approach. As…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-10 Wei Wu , Maoxin Liu

We briefly examine recent developments in the field of open quantum system theory, devoted to the introduction of a satisfactory notion of memory for a quantum dynamics. In particular, we will consider a possible formalization of the notion…

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We introduce a method of characterization of non-Markovianity using coherence of a system interacting with the environment. We show that under the allowed incoherent operations, monotonicity of a valid coherence measure is affected due to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-28 Titas Chanda , Samyadeb Bhattacharya

We employ the theoretical framework of positive operator valued measures, to study Markovian open quantum systems. In particular, we discuss how a quantum system influences its environment. Using the theory of indirect measurements, we then…

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The reliable transmission of quantum information remains a central challenge in the presence of environmental noise. In particular, maintaining high teleportation fidelity in open quantum systems is hindered by decoherence, which disrupts…

An operational (measurement based) scheme that connects measurement invasiveness and the presence of non-classical memory effects in open quantum systems is defined. Its underlying theoretical basis relies on a non-invasive measurability of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Adrián A. Budini

Non-Markovian quantum processes exhibit different memory effects when measured in different ways; an unambiguous characterization of memory length requires accounting for the sequence of instruments applied to probe the system dynamics.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-11 Philip Taranto , Simon Milz , Felix A. Pollock , Kavan Modi

Non-Markovian dynamics is central to quantum information processing, as memory effects strongly influence coherence preservation, metrology, and communication. In this work, we investigate the role of stochastic system--bath couplings in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Mehboob Rashid , Rayees A Mala , Saima Bashir , Muzaffar Qadir Lone

We establish a connection between non-Markovian memory effects and thermodynamical quantities such as work. We show how memory effects can be interpreted as revivals of work that can be extracted from a quantum system. We prove that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-24 Bogna Bylicka , Mikko Tukiainen , Jyrki Piilo , Dariusz Chruscinski , Sabrina Maniscalco

We study a class of multipartite open quantum dynamics for systems of arbitrary number of qubits. The non-Markovian quantum master equation can involve arbitrary single or multipartite and time-dependent dissipative coupling mechanisms,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-09 Adrián A. Budini , Juan P. Garrahan

Temporal correlations are fundamental in quantum physics, yet their computation is often challenging. The regression theorem (or hypothesis) serves as a key tool in this context, offering a seemingly straightforward approach. However, it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Leonardo Santos , Otfried Gühne , Stefan Nimmrichter

Non-Markovian evolution of an open quantum system can be induced by the memory effects of a reservoir. Although a reservoir with stronger memory effects may seem like it should cause stronger non-Markovian effects on the system of interest,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-13 Tiantian Ma , Yusui Chen , Tian Chen , Samuel R. Hedemann , Ting Yu