TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-Markovian quantum jumps
AU - Piilo, Jyrki
AU - Maniscalco, Sabrina
AU - Harkonen, Kari
AU - Suominen, Kalle-Antti
PY - 2008/5/5
Y1 - 2008/5/5
N2 - Open quantum systems that interact with structured reservoirs exhibit non-Markovian dynamics. We present a quantum jump method for treating the dynamics of such systems. This approach is a generalization of the standard Monte Carlo wave function (MCWF) method for Markovian dynamics. The MCWF method identifies decay rates with jump probabilities and fails for non-Markovian systems where the time-dependent rates become temporarily negative. Our non-Markovian quantum jump approach circumvents this problem and provides an efficient unraveling of the ensemble dynamics.
AB - Open quantum systems that interact with structured reservoirs exhibit non-Markovian dynamics. We present a quantum jump method for treating the dynamics of such systems. This approach is a generalization of the standard Monte Carlo wave function (MCWF) method for Markovian dynamics. The MCWF method identifies decay rates with jump probabilities and fails for non-Markovian systems where the time-dependent rates become temporarily negative. Our non-Markovian quantum jump approach circumvents this problem and provides an efficient unraveling of the ensemble dynamics.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/43249105246
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.180402
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.180402
M3 - Letter
C2 - 18518352
AN - SCOPUS:43249105246
SN - 1079-7114
VL - 100
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 18
M1 - 180402
ER -