Time Evolution Of Density Operator Research Articles

WIGNER FUNCTION EVOLUTION OF EXCITED EVEN AND ODD COHERENT STATE IN THERMAL ENVIRONMENT VIA THERMO ENTANGLED APPROACH

We adopt a new approach, thermo entangled representation, to study time evolution of density operator in thermal environment. We then investigate the analytical expressions of Wigner function (WF) evolution of arbitrary number excited coherent states (ECSs) and excited even (odd) coherent states (EECSs, EOCSs) in thermal environment, respectively. In addition, their nonclassicality is numerically discussed by exploring the negativity of WF with decay time in thermal channel, respectively. It is found that WF loses its non-Gaussian nature and becomes Gaussian after long times.

Nonclassicality and decoherence of photon-subtracted squeezed vacuum states

Extending the recent work completed by Biswas and Agarwal [Phys. Rev. A75, 032104 (2007)] to the case of m-photon-subtracted squeezed vacuum states (m-PSSVSs), we focus our study on nonclassicality and decoherence of the m-PSSVSs. The nonclassical properties are investigated in terms of the squeezing character, the oscillation of photon-number distribution, and the partial negativity of Wigner function (WF).We then study the effect of decoherence on the m-PSSVSs in two different channels, viz., thermal process and phase damping. In each case, the time-evolution of density operators and WFs of such states is derived analytically. After undergoing the thermal channel, the initial pure m-PSSVSs evolve into a mixed state that turns out to be a Laguerre polynomial of combination of creation and annihilation operators within normal ordering; however, they become another mixed state with the exponential decay due to phase damping. At long times, these fields decay to a highly classical thermal field as a result of thermal noise, but they still keep nonclassicality in the phase-damping channel.

Equation of motion for the process matrix: Hamiltonian identification and dynamical control of open quantum systems

We develop a general approach for monitoring and controlling evolution of open quantum systems. In contrast to the master equations describing time evolution of density operators, here, we formulate a dynamical equation for the evolution of the process matrix acting on a system. This equation is applicable to non-Markovian and/or strong-coupling regimes. We propose two distinct applications for this dynamical equation. We first demonstrate identification of quantum Hamiltonians generating dynamics of closed or open systems via performing process tomography. In particular, we argue how one can efficiently estimate certain classes of sparse Hamiltonians by performing partial tomography schemes. In addition, we introduce an optimal control theoretic setting for manipulating quantum dynamics of Hamiltonian systems, specifically for the task of decoherence suppression.

New approach for analyzing time evolution of density operator in a dissipative channel by the entangled state representation

We analyze the time evolution of mixed state ρ 0 in a dissipative channel, characteristic of a decay constant κ , by virtue of the elegant properties of entangled state representation 〈 η | . We find that the matrix element of the mixed state ρ ( t ) at time t in 〈 η | representation is proportional to that of the initial ρ 0 in the decayed entangled state 〈 η e - κ t | representation, accompanying with a Gaussian damping factor e - 1 - e - 2 κ t 2 | η | 2 . Thus we have a new insight about the nature of the dissipative process.

Time Evolution of Density Operator for Field Damping in Squeezed Bath Calculated by Squeezing Transformation and Entangled State Representation

We find that a squeezing transformation can efficiently simplify the density operator equation of field damping in a squeezed bath. Then the entangled state representation is introduced to solve the simplified equation and the time evolution of density operator, which turns out to be a mixed coherent squeezed state.

Generalized Bloch equations for decaying systems.

The well-known magnetic or optical Bloch equations are extended to the case of unstable systems such as, e.g., spontaneously decaying particles and molecules undergoing chemical reactions or decaying from excited states back to states other than those involved in resonance. The modified equations are derived from a general theory of irreversible processes where quantum Markovian master equations and the corresponding completely positive dynamical semigroups dictate the time evolution of density operators. The results are of particular importance in those situations where decay occurs level-selectively and all relaxation and decay constants are of comparable order of magnitude. The obtained generalized Bloch equations are of direct applicability to problems of time-resolved magnetic or optical resonance spectroscopy.