Effective operator formalism for open quantum systems

We present an effective operator formalism for open quantum systems. Employing perturbation theory and adiabatic elimination of excited states for a weakly driven system, we derive an effective master equation which reduces the evolution to the ground-state dynamics. The effective evolution involves...

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Published in:Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2012-03, Vol.85 (3), Article 032111
Main Authors: Reiter, Florentin, Sørensen, Anders S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decay
Dynamical systems
Dynamics
Evolution
Formalism
Mathematical analysis
Operators
Quantum theory
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Summary:We present an effective operator formalism for open quantum systems. Employing perturbation theory and adiabatic elimination of excited states for a weakly driven system, we derive an effective master equation which reduces the evolution to the ground-state dynamics. The effective evolution involves a single effective Hamiltonian and one effective Lindblad operator for each naturally occurring decay process. Simple expressions are derived for the effective operators which can be directly applied to reach effective equations of motion for the ground states. We compare our method with the hitherto existing concepts for effective interactions and present physical examples for the application of our formalism, including dissipative state preparation by engineered decay processes.
ISSN:1050-2947
1094-1622
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.85.032111