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Crypto-Markovian models for quantum state reduction

Dorje C. Brody, Irene C. Constantinou, James D.C. Dear, Lane P. Hughston

Published Nov 6, 2005• 0 citations
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Abstract

A closed-form solution to the energy-based stochastic Schrodinger equation with a time-dependent coupling is obtained. Three different methods for establishing the result are shown: the first method uses the idea of conditioning on the trajectory of a random path; the second method is based on the change-of-measure technique in probability theory; and the third method relies on the decomposition of a random path into increments. The solution is given by a functional of a non-Markovian process; this functional process is shown nevertheless to possess the Markov property. When the coupling is time-independent, it is known that state reduction occurs asymptotically--that is to say, over an infinite time horizon. In the case of a time-dependent coupling, we show that if the magnitude of the coupling decreases sufficiently rapidly, then the energy variance will be reduced under the dynamics, but the state need not reach an energy eigenstate. We also construct an example where the opposite situation prevails, in which complete state reduction is achieved after the passage of a finite period of time.

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We derive the evolution equations for two-time correlation functions of a generalized non-Markovian open quantum system based on a modified stochastic Schrödinger equation approach. We find that the two-time reduced propagator, an object that used to be characterized by two independent stochastic processes in the Hilbert space of the system, can be simplified and obtained by taking ensemble average over one single noise. This discovery can save the cost of computation, and accelerate the converging process when taking the average over noisy trajectories. As a result, our method can be widely applied to many open quantum models, especially large-scale systems and extend the quantum regression theory to the non-Markovian case. In the short-time simulations, it is observed a significant difference between Markovian and non-Markovian cases, which can be applied to realize the environmental spectrum detection and enhance the measurement sensitivity in varying open quantum systems.