Misbeliefs and misunderstandings about the non-Markovian dynamics of a damped harmonic oscillator

Sabrina Maniscalco; F Intravaia; Jyrki Piilo; A Messina

doi:10.1088/1464-4266/6/3/016

Misbeliefs and misunderstandings about the non-Markovian dynamics of a damped harmonic oscillator

Sabrina Maniscalco
, F Intravaia
, Jyrki Piilo
, A Messina

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Abstract

We use the exact solution for the damped harmonic oscillator to discuss some relevant aspects of its open dynamics are often misunderstood. We compare two different approximations both referred to as a rotating wave approximation. Using a specific example, we clarify some issues related to non-Markovian dynamics, non-Lindblad-type dynamics, and positivity of the density matrix.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1464-4266/6/3/016
Publication status	Published - 5 Mar 2004

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