Stochastic unravelings represent a useful tool to describe the dynamics of open quantum systems, and standard methods, such as quantum state diffusion (QSD), call for the complete positivity of the open-system dynamics. Here, we present a generalization of QSD, which also applies to positive, but not completely positive evolutions. The rate and the action of the diffusive processes involved in the unraveling are obtained by applying a proper transformation to the operators which define the master equation. The unraveling is first defined for semigroup dynamics and then extended to a definite class of time-dependent generators. We test our approach on a prototypical model for the description of exciton transfer, keeping track of relevant phenomena, which are instead disregarded within the standard, completely positive framework.
Stochastic unraveling of positive quantum dynamics / M. Caiaffa, A. Smirne, A. Bassi. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A. - ISSN 2469-9926. - 95:6(2017), pp. 062101.1-062101.9. [10.1103/PhysRevA.95.062101]
Stochastic unraveling of positive quantum dynamics
A. SmirneSecondo
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2017
Abstract
Stochastic unravelings represent a useful tool to describe the dynamics of open quantum systems, and standard methods, such as quantum state diffusion (QSD), call for the complete positivity of the open-system dynamics. Here, we present a generalization of QSD, which also applies to positive, but not completely positive evolutions. The rate and the action of the diffusive processes involved in the unraveling are obtained by applying a proper transformation to the operators which define the master equation. The unraveling is first defined for semigroup dynamics and then extended to a definite class of time-dependent generators. We test our approach on a prototypical model for the description of exciton transfer, keeping track of relevant phenomena, which are instead disregarded within the standard, completely positive framework.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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