Perturbation Theory for a Nonlinear Two-level System

张志杰, 姜东光, Wei Wang

Perturbation theory is an important tool in quantum mechanics. In this paper, we extend the traditional perturbation theory to open nonlinear two-level systems, treating decoherence parameter 7 as a perturbation. By this virtue, we give a perturbative solution to the master equation, which describes a nonlinear open quantum system. The results show that for small decoherence rate 7, the ratio of the nonlinear rate C to the tunneling coefficient V (i.e., r=C/V) determines the validity of the perturbation theory. For small ratio r, the perturbation theory is valid, otherwise it yields wrong results.

M. F. Sarry

Zhijie Zhang, Dong-Guang Jiang, Wei Wang

Perturbation theory is an important tool in quantum mechanics. In this paper, we extend the traditional perturbation theory to open nonlinear two-level systems, treating decoherence parameter γ as a perturbation. By this virtue, we give a perturbative solution to the master equation, which describes a nonlinear open quantum system. The results show that for small decoherence rate γ, the ratio of the nonlinear rate C to the tunneling coefficient V (i.e., r = C / V ) determines the validity of the perturbation theory. For small ratio r , the perturbation theory is valid, otherwise it yields wrong results.

Mahmoud Abdel‐Aty, Nour Zidan

K. T. Hecht

Edgar A. Gómez, Jorge David Castaño‐Yepes, Saravana Prakash Thirumuruganandham

We propose a theoretical method for studying open quantum systems at the steady state within the framework of the perturbation theory. This approach allow us to compute the density operator of the system perturbatively and, in principle, to obtain an expression for its density matrix elements explicitly. To illustrate our methodology, we provide a case study of a nonlinear two-level system coupled to a thermal reservoir and special attention is given to the relationship between nonlinearity and nonclassicality. In particular, this relation is quantified by considering the quantum measures as the nonclassical depth, nonclassical distance and the quantum fidelity. We find that the nonclassicality is originated at least by second order contribution of nonlinear terms in quantum dynamics.