Journal of Sichuan Normal University
An Analytical Solution to the Master Equation for the Dissipative Harmonic Oscillator Driven by an External Field
Hou Bang-pin
Abstract
By using the algebraic structure of the dual space of the density operator in the master equation for the driven dissipative harmonic oscillator, we first rewrite the master equation as a Schrdinger-like equation. Then we use three gauge transformations to obtaine an exact solution to the master equation in the particle number representation. Finally, we discuss the steady-state solution when the evolving time tends to infinity.