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Jump-like unravelings for non-Markovian open quantum systems

Jay Gambetta, T. Askerud, H. M. Wiseman

abstract: Non-Markovian evolution of an open quantum system can be `unraveled' into pure state trajectories generated by a non-Markovian stochastic (diffusive) Schr\"odinger equation, as introduced by Di\'osi, Gisin, and Strunz. Recently we have shown that such equations can be derived using the modal (hidden variable) interpretation of quantum mechanics. In this paper we generalize this theory to treat jump-like unravelings. To illustrate the jump-like behavior we consider a simple system: A classically driven (at Rabi frequency $\Omega$) two-level atom coupled linearly to a three mode optical bath, with a central frequency equal to the frequency of the atom, $\omega_0$, and the two side bands have frequencies $\omega_0\pm\Omega$. In the large $\Omega$ limit we observed that the jump-like behavior is similar to that observed in this system with a Markovian (broad band) bath. This is expected as in the Markovian limit the fluorescence spectrum for a strongly driven two level atom takes the form of a Mollow triplet. However the length of time for which the Markovian-like behaviour persists depends upon {\em which} jump-like unraveling is used.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0401171
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
11 pages, 5 figures
doi:
10.1103/PhysRevA.69.052104
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0401171
journal_ref:
Phys. Rev. A 69, 052104 (2004)
created:
2004-01-27
updated:
2007-04-06

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