Entropy production in open quantum systems: exactly solvable qubit models
Quantum Physics
2012-12-27 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We present analytical results for the time-dependent information entropy in exactly solvable two-state (qubit) models. The first model describes dephasing (decoherence) in a qubit coupled to a bath of harmonic oscillators. The entropy production for this model in the regimes of "complete" and "incomplete" decoherence is discussed. As another example, we consider the damped Jaynes-Cummings model describing a spontaneous decay of a two-level system into the field vacuum. It is shown that, for all strengths of coupling, the open system passes through the mixed state with the maximum information entropy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1212.6135,
title = {Entropy production in open quantum systems: exactly solvable qubit models},
author = {V. G. Morozov and G. Röpke},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.6135},
year = {2012}
}
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9 pages, 3 figures