Exploring Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems in Naturally Inaccessible Regimes

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Main Authors: Gu, Xu-Ke, Tan, Li-Zhou, Nori, Franco, You, J. Q.
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Published: 2025
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author Gu, Xu-Ke
Tan, Li-Zhou
Nori, Franco
You, J. Q.
author_facet Gu, Xu-Ke
Tan, Li-Zhou
Nori, Franco
You, J. Q.
contents Markovian open quantum systems are governed by the Lindblad master equation where the dissipation contains two parts, i.e., the anti-Hermitian operator and the quantum jumps, which share a common dissipation rate. We generalize the Lindblad master equation via postselection to a generalized Liouvillian formalism in which the effective damping rate of the anti-Hermitian operator can be different from the quantum jump rate. Our formalism provides a parameter space with regimes inaccessible in naturally-occurring systems. We explore these new regimes and find several interesting results including negative damping rates and generalized Liouvillian exceptional points. In a previously unexplored zero-damping Liouvillian regime where the damping rate is negligible, we investigate the effect only due to the quantum jumps and show an unusual polynomial decay of the excited state. This generalized Liouvillian formalism offers opportunities to explore novel phenomena and quantum technologies associated with the peculiar behavior of quantum jumps.
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Gu, Xu-Ke
Tan, Li-Zhou
Nori, Franco
You, J. Q.
Quantum Physics
Markovian open quantum systems are governed by the Lindblad master equation where the dissipation contains two parts, i.e., the anti-Hermitian operator and the quantum jumps, which share a common dissipation rate. We generalize the Lindblad master equation via postselection to a generalized Liouvillian formalism in which the effective damping rate of the anti-Hermitian operator can be different from the quantum jump rate. Our formalism provides a parameter space with regimes inaccessible in naturally-occurring systems. We explore these new regimes and find several interesting results including negative damping rates and generalized Liouvillian exceptional points. In a previously unexplored zero-damping Liouvillian regime where the damping rate is negligible, we investigate the effect only due to the quantum jumps and show an unusual polynomial decay of the excited state. This generalized Liouvillian formalism offers opportunities to explore novel phenomena and quantum technologies associated with the peculiar behavior of quantum jumps.
title Exploring Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems in Naturally Inaccessible Regimes
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.06946