Non-Markovian quantum jumps



: Piilo J, Maniscalco S, Harkonen K, Suominen KA

Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC

: 2008

: Physical Review Letters

: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

: PHYS REV LETT

: ARTN 180402

: 100

: 18

: 4

: 0031-9007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.180402


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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