A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Non-Markovian quantum jumps




AuthorsPiilo J, Maniscalco S, Harkonen K, Suominen KA

PublisherAMER PHYSICAL SOC

Publication year2008

Journal:Physical Review Letters

Journal name in sourcePHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Journal acronymPHYS REV LETT

Article numberARTN 180402

Volume100

Issue18

Number of pages4

ISSN0031-9007

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.180402


Abstract
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.



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