General Non-Markovian Structure of Gaussian Master and Stochastic Schrödinger Equations

L. Diósi and L. Ferialdi
Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 200403 – Published 12 November 2014

Abstract

General open quantum systems display memory features, their master equations are non-Markovian. We show that the subclass of Gaussian non-Markovian open system dynamics is tractable in a depth similar to the Markovian class. The structure of master equations exhibits a transparent generalization of the Lindblad structure. We find and parametrize the class of stochastic Schrödinger equations that unravel a given master equation, such a class was previously known for Markovian systems only. We show that particular non-Markovian unravelings known in the literature are special cases of our class.

  • Received 6 August 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.200403

© 2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

L. Diósi*

  • Wigner Research Center for Physics, H-1525 Budapest 114, P.O. Box 49, Hungary

L. Ferialdi

  • Mathematisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Theresienstrasse 39, 80333 Munich, Germany

  • *diosi.lajos@wigner.mta.hu
  • ferialdi@math.lmu.de

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Vol. 113, Iss. 20 — 14 November 2014

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