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Main Authors: Watanabe, Akane, Suzuki, Takayuki, Unoki, Makoto, Nakazato, Hiromichi
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11205
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author Watanabe, Akane
Suzuki, Takayuki
Unoki, Makoto
Nakazato, Hiromichi
author_facet Watanabe, Akane
Suzuki, Takayuki
Unoki, Makoto
Nakazato, Hiromichi
contents The complete positivity (CP) of a quantum dynamical map (QDM) is, in general, difficult to show when its master equation (ME) does not conform to the Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad (GKSL) form. The GKSL ME describes the Markovian dynamics, comprising a unitary component with time-independent Hermitian operators and a non-unitary component with time-independent Lindblad operators and positive time-independent damping rates. Recently, the non-Markovian dynamics has received growing attention, and the various types of GKSL-like MEs with time-dependent operators are widely discussed; however, rigorous discussions on their CP conditions remain limited. This paper presents conditions for QDMs to be CP, whose MEs take the GKSL-like form with arbitrary time dependence. One case considered is where its ME takes the time-local integro-differential GKSL-like form, which includes CP-divisible cases. Another case considered is where the ME is time-non-local but can be approximated to be time-local in the weak-coupling regime. As a special case of the time-non-local case, the same discussion holds for the time-convoluted GKSL-like form, which should be compared to previous studies.
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spellingShingle CP conditions for GKSL-like master equations
Watanabe, Akane
Suzuki, Takayuki
Unoki, Makoto
Nakazato, Hiromichi
Quantum Physics
The complete positivity (CP) of a quantum dynamical map (QDM) is, in general, difficult to show when its master equation (ME) does not conform to the Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad (GKSL) form. The GKSL ME describes the Markovian dynamics, comprising a unitary component with time-independent Hermitian operators and a non-unitary component with time-independent Lindblad operators and positive time-independent damping rates. Recently, the non-Markovian dynamics has received growing attention, and the various types of GKSL-like MEs with time-dependent operators are widely discussed; however, rigorous discussions on their CP conditions remain limited. This paper presents conditions for QDMs to be CP, whose MEs take the GKSL-like form with arbitrary time dependence. One case considered is where its ME takes the time-local integro-differential GKSL-like form, which includes CP-divisible cases. Another case considered is where the ME is time-non-local but can be approximated to be time-local in the weak-coupling regime. As a special case of the time-non-local case, the same discussion holds for the time-convoluted GKSL-like form, which should be compared to previous studies.
title CP conditions for GKSL-like master equations
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11205