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Multitime quantum correlation functions are central objects in physical science, offering a direct link between experimental observables and the dynamics of an underlying model. While experiments such as 2D spectroscopy and quantum control…

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We explore the connection between two recently introduced notions of non-Markovian quantum dynamics and the validity of the so-called quantum regression theorem. While non-Markovianity of a quantum dynamics has been defined looking at the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-27 Giacomo Guarnieri , Andrea Smirne , Bassano Vacchini

In this work, we derive a deterministic master equation to model a general, possibly non-Markovian, feedback. The master equation describes a system with a general evolution and measurement operation, with feedback being applied in terms of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Guilherme de Sousa , Diogo O. Soares-Pinto

We investigate the dynamics of open quantum systems which are initially correlated with their environment. The strategy of our approach is to analyze how given, fixed initial correlations modify the evolution of the open system with respect…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Alessandra Colla , Niklas Neubrand , Heinz-Peter Breuer

We discuss the evolution of quantum correlations for a system of two two-level atoms interacting with a common reservoir. The Markovian master equation is used to describe the evolution of various measures of quantum correlations.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Ryszard Tanaś

The non-Markovian behaviour of open quantum systems interacting with a reservoir can often be described in terms of a time-local master equation involving a time-dependent generator which is not in Lindblad form. A systematic perturbation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Heinz-Peter Breuer , Andrea Ma , Francesco Petruccione

Learning the properties of dynamical quantum systems underlies applications ranging from nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to quantum device characterization. A central challenge in this pursuit is the learning of strongly-interacting…

We study the Lindblad master equation in the space of operators and provide simple criteria for closeness of the hierarchy of equations for correlations. We separately consider the time evolution of closed and open systems and show that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Bojan Žunkovič

We provide a general construction of quantum generalized master equations with memory kernel leading to well defined, that is completely positive and trace preserving, time evolutions. The approach builds on an operator generalization of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-15 Bassano Vacchini

Master equations are typically adopted to describe the dynamics of open quantum systems. Such equations are either in integro-differential or in time-local form, with the latter class more frequently adopted due to the simpler numerical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-03 Giulio Amato , Heinz-Peter Breuer , Bassano Vacchini

This work provides an alternative derivation of third order response functions in four wave mixing spectroscopy of multichromophoric macromolecular systems considering only single exciton states. For the case of harmonic oscillator bath…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-05 Seogjoo J. Jang

We present a quantum algorithm for simulating open quantum systems coupled to Gaussian environments valid for any configuration and coupling strength. The algorithm is applicable to problems with strongly coupled, or non-Markovian,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-20 Hans Michael Christensen , Johannes Agerskov , Frederik Nathan

We derive the master equation that governs the evolution of the measured state backwards in time in an open system. This allows us to determine probabilities for a given set of preparation events from the results of subsequent measurements,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Stephen M. Barnett , David T. Pegg , John Jeffers , Ottavia Jedrkiewicz

Models for open quantum systems, which play important roles in electron transport problems and quantum computing, must take into account the interaction of the quantum system with the surrounding environment. Although such models can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-17 Ke Wang , Xiantao Li

We study the Markovian dynamics of a collection of n quantum systems coupled to an irreversible environmental channel consisting of a stream of n entangled qubits. Within the framework of repeated quantum interactions, we derive the master…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-07 Shakib Daryanoosh , Ben Q. Baragiola , Thomas Guff , Alexei Gilchrist

Out-of-time-ordered correlators (OTOCs) are of crucial importance for studying a wide variety of fundamental phenomena in quantum physics, ranging from information scrambling to quantum chaos and many-body localization. However, apart from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Yukai Wu , L. -M. Duan , Dong-Ling Deng

The study of open quantum systems often relies on approximate master equations derived under the assumptions of weak coupling to the environment. However when the system is made of several interacting subsystems such a derivation is in many…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-20 G. De Chiara , G. Landi , A. Hewgill , B. Reid , A. Ferraro , A. J. Roncaglia , M. Antezza

Linear response functions are a cornerstone concept in physics as they enable efficient estimation of many dynamical properties. In addition to predicting dynamics of observables under perturbations without resimulating the system, these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Xiantao Li , Chunhao Wang

Non-Markovian master equations describe general open quantum systems when no approximation is made. We provide the exact closed master equation for the class of Gaussian, completely positive, trace preserving, non-Markovian dynamics. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-30 L. Ferialdi

We study the non-Markovian quantum interference phenomenon of a multi-state atomic system coupled to a bosonic dissipative environment by using the exact master equations derived in this paper. Two examples involving four-level systems with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Yusui Chen , J. Q. You , Ting Yu