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Modern Physics Letters B

SOLVING THE MASTER EQUATION FOR AN ATTENUATED OR AMPLIFIED NONLINEAR OSCILLATOR VIA A SUPEROPERATOR METHOD

Huai-Xin Lu, Zeng‐Bing Chen, YONG-DE ZHANG

Published Jul 10, 2002• 1 citation
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Abstract

Using the decomposition theorm of superoperators, an explicit solution of the master equation for an attenuated or amplified nonlinear oscillator is presented. It is found that the time evolution of the density operator can be easily obtained from an arbitary initial state using this method.
DOI
10.1142/s021798490200407x

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