Recovering complete positivity of non-Markovian quantum dynamics with Choi-proximity regularization

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Hauptverfasser: D'Abbruzzo, Antonio, Farina, Donato, Giovannetti, Vittorio
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author D'Abbruzzo, Antonio
Farina, Donato
Giovannetti, Vittorio
author_facet D'Abbruzzo, Antonio
Farina, Donato
Giovannetti, Vittorio
contents A relevant problem in the theory of open quantum systems is the lack of complete positivity of dynamical maps obtained after weak-coupling approximations, a famous example being the Redfield master equation. A number of approaches exist to recover well-defined evolutions under additional Markovian assumptions, but much less is known beyond this regime. Here we propose a numerical method to cure the complete-positivity violation issue while preserving the non-Markovian features of an arbitrary original dynamical map. The idea is to replace its unphysical Choi operator with its closest physical one, mimicking recent work on quantum process tomography. We also show that the regularized dynamics is more accurate in terms of reproducing the exact dynamics: this allows to heuristically push the utilization of these master equations in moderate coupling regimes, where the loss of positivity can have relevant impact.
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spellingShingle Recovering complete positivity of non-Markovian quantum dynamics with Choi-proximity regularization
D'Abbruzzo, Antonio
Farina, Donato
Giovannetti, Vittorio
Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
A relevant problem in the theory of open quantum systems is the lack of complete positivity of dynamical maps obtained after weak-coupling approximations, a famous example being the Redfield master equation. A number of approaches exist to recover well-defined evolutions under additional Markovian assumptions, but much less is known beyond this regime. Here we propose a numerical method to cure the complete-positivity violation issue while preserving the non-Markovian features of an arbitrary original dynamical map. The idea is to replace its unphysical Choi operator with its closest physical one, mimicking recent work on quantum process tomography. We also show that the regularized dynamics is more accurate in terms of reproducing the exact dynamics: this allows to heuristically push the utilization of these master equations in moderate coupling regimes, where the loss of positivity can have relevant impact.
title Recovering complete positivity of non-Markovian quantum dynamics with Choi-proximity regularization
topic Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.16320