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We investigate the quantum coherent dynamics of an externally driven effective two-level system subjected to a slow Ohmic environment characteristic of biomolecular protein-solvent reservoirs in photosynthetic light harvesting complexes. By…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-08-19 Jens Eckel , John Henry Reina , Michael Thorwart

Quantum coherence offers potential for energy conversion technologies. It influences light absorption and emission, affecting energy conversion limits and efficiency. As a result, quantum coherence is being harnessed to boost performance in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-13 Ludovica Donati , Francesco Saverio Cataliotti , Stefano Gherardini

We reveal several distinct regimes of the relaxation dynamics of a small quantum system coupled to an environment within the plane of the dissipation strength and the reservoir temperature. This is achieved by discriminating between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 D. M. Kennes , O. Kashuba , V. Meden

We study the dynamics of a tree-level $\Lambda$-type atoms driven by a coherent train of short, non-overlapping laser pulses.We derive analytical non-perturbative expressions for density matrix by approximating pulses by delta-function.We…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Ekaterina Ilinova , Andrei Derevianko

We discuss how coherent driving of a two-level quantum system can be used to induce a complex phase on the ground state and we discuss its geometric and dynamic contributions. While the global phase of a wave function has no physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-13 Adam Kinos , Mogens Dalgaard , Klaus Mølmer

The steady state in three-level lambda and ladder systems is studied. It is well-known that in a lambda system this steady state is the coherent population trapping state, independent of the presence of spontaneous emission. In contrast,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Blaauboer

It has been recently realized that dissipative processes can be harnessed and exploited to the end of coherent quantum control and information processing. In this spirit we consider strongly dissipative quantum systems admitting a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-18 Paolo Zanardi , Lorenzo Campos Venuti

Simulations are performed of a small quantum system interacting with a quantum environment. The system consists of various initial states of two harmonic oscillators coupled to give normal modes. The environment is "designed" by its level…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-15 George L. Barnes , Michael E. Kellman

We present a protocol for the study of the dynamics and thermodynamics of quantum systems strongly coupled to a bath and subject to an external modulation. Our protocol quantifies the evolution of the system-bath composite by expanding the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-10-24 Wenjie Dou , Maicol A. Ochoa , Abraham Nitzan , Joseph E. Subotnik

An exact reduced dynamical map along with its operator sum representation is derived for a central spin interacting with a thermal spin environment. The dynamics of the central spin shows high sustainability of quantum traits such as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-23 Chiranjib Mukhopadhyay , Samyadeb Bhattacharya , Avijit Misra , Arun Kumar Pati

We investigate analytically and numerically the steady-state entanglement and coherence of two coupled qubits each interacting with a local boson or fermion reservoir, based on the Bloch-Redfield master equation beyond the secular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-17 Zhihai Wang , Wei Wu , Jin Wang

Collision models provide a simple and versatile setting to capture the dynamics of open quantum systems. The standard approach to thermalisition in this setting involves an environment of independent and identically-prepared thermal qubits,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Ronan McElvogue , Andrew K. Mitchell , Gabriel T. Landi , Steve Campbell

We present a theoretical investigation of a three-level $\Lambda$-type atom driven by a strong coherent laser and a weak stochastic field exhibiting amplitude and phase fluctuations. The stochastic field is modeled as a complex…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 Sajad Ahmadi , Mohsen Akbari , Shahpoor Saeidian , Ali Motazedifard

This paper, based on the interdisciplinary frontiers of quantum electrodynamics, causal set theory, and the AdS/CFT holographic duality, integrates Keppler's zero point field resonance theory, the discrete causal structure and horizon…

General Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Li Zhanchun , Zhang Renwu

Achieving rapid and stable energy storage in quantum batteries (QBs) remains a key challenge, particularly under strong system-environment coupling where non-Markovian effects become prominent. While most previous studies focus on weak…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-30 Shun-Cai Zhao , Yi-Fan Yang , Ni-Ya Zhuang

We are interested in dynamics of quantum many-body systems under continuous observation, and its physical realizations involving cold atoms in lattices. In the present work we focus on continuous measurement of atomic currents in lattice…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-05-23 C. Laflamme , D. Yang , P. Zoller

We propose a quantum heat engine composed of two superconducting transmission line resonators interacting with each other via an optomechanical-like coupling. One resonator is periodically excited by a thermal pump. The incoherently driven…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-27 Ali Ü. C. Hardal , Nur Aslan , C. M. Wilson , Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu

Quantum simulation with ultracold atoms has become a powerful technique to gain insight into interacting many-body systems. In particular, the possibility to study nonequilibrium dynamics offers a unique pathway to understand correlations…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-07-29 Sebastian Will , Deepak Iyer , Marcos Rigol

Thermodynamics of quantum systems out-of-equilibrium is very important for the progress of quantum technologies, however, the effects of many body interactions and their interplay with temperature, different drives and dynamical regimes is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 A. H. Skelt , K. Zawadzki , I. D'Amico

We study a generic open quantum system where the coupling between the system and its environment is of an energy-preserving quantum nondemolition (QND) type. We obtain the general master equation for the evolution of such a system under the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-10-02 Subhashish Banerjee , R. Ghosh