Quantum Fokker-Planck Master Equation for Continuous Feedback Control
Abstract
Measurement and feedback control are essential features of quantum science, with applications ranging from quantum technology protocols to information-to-work conversion in quantum thermodynamics. Theoretical descriptions of feedback control are typically given in terms of stochastic equations requiring numerical solutions, or are limited to linear feedback protocols. Here we present a formalism for continuous quantum measurement and feedback, both linear and nonlinear. Our main result is a quantum Fokker-Planck master equation describing the joint dynamics of a quantum system and a detector with finite bandwidth. For fast measurements, we derive a Markovian master equation for the system alone, amenable to analytical treatment. We illustrate our formalism by investigating two basic information engines, one quantum and one classical.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2110.09159,
title = {Quantum Fokker-Planck Master Equation for Continuous Feedback Control},
author = {Björn Annby-Andersson and Faraj Bakhshinezhad and Debankur Bhattacharyya and Guilherme De Sousa and Christopher Jarzynski and Peter Samuelsson and Patrick P. Potts},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.09159},
year = {2022}
}