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Main Authors: Robin, Rémi, Rouchon, Pierre, Sellem, Lev-Arcady
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01712
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author Robin, Rémi
Rouchon, Pierre
Sellem, Lev-Arcady
author_facet Robin, Rémi
Rouchon, Pierre
Sellem, Lev-Arcady
contents We examine the time discretization of Lindblad master equations in infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. Our study is motivated by the fact that, with unbounded Lindbladian, projecting the evolution onto a finite-dimensional subspace using a Galerkin approximation inherently introduces stiffness, leading to a Courant--Friedrichs--Lewy type condition for explicit integration schemes. We propose and establish the convergence of a family of explicit numerical schemes for time discretization adapted to infinite dimension. These schemes correspond to quantum channels and thus preserve the physical properties of quantum evolutions on the set of density operators: linearity, complete positivity and trace. Numerical experiments inspired by bosonic quantum codes illustrate the practical interest of this approach when approximating the solution of infinite dimensional problems by that of finite dimensional problems of increasing dimension.
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spellingShingle Unconditionally stable time discretization of Lindblad master equations in infinite dimension using quantum channels
Robin, Rémi
Rouchon, Pierre
Sellem, Lev-Arcady
Numerical Analysis
Quantum Physics
65, 81
We examine the time discretization of Lindblad master equations in infinite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. Our study is motivated by the fact that, with unbounded Lindbladian, projecting the evolution onto a finite-dimensional subspace using a Galerkin approximation inherently introduces stiffness, leading to a Courant--Friedrichs--Lewy type condition for explicit integration schemes. We propose and establish the convergence of a family of explicit numerical schemes for time discretization adapted to infinite dimension. These schemes correspond to quantum channels and thus preserve the physical properties of quantum evolutions on the set of density operators: linearity, complete positivity and trace. Numerical experiments inspired by bosonic quantum codes illustrate the practical interest of this approach when approximating the solution of infinite dimensional problems by that of finite dimensional problems of increasing dimension.
title Unconditionally stable time discretization of Lindblad master equations in infinite dimension using quantum channels
topic Numerical Analysis
Quantum Physics
65, 81
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01712