Thermodynamics and Control of Open Quantum Systems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gershon Kurizki ◽  
Abraham G. Kofman
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Chemistry ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Open Quantum Systems ◽  
Condensed Matter ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Open Quantum ◽  
Heat Engines ◽  
Chemistry Research ◽  
And Control ◽  
Quantum Thermodynamic

The control of open quantum systems and their associated quantum thermodynamic properties is a topic of growing importance in modern quantum physics and quantum chemistry research. This unique and self-contained book presents a unifying perspective of such open quantum systems, first describing the fundamental theory behind these formidably complex systems, before introducing the models and techniques that are employed to control their quantum thermodynamics processes. A detailed discussion of real quantum devices is also covered, including quantum heat engines and quantum refrigerators. The theory of open quantum systems is developed pedagogically, from first principles, and the book is accessible to graduate students and researchers working in atomic physics, quantum information, condensed matter physics, and quantum chemistry.

scholarly journals Memory Effects in Quantum Dynamics Modelled by Quantum Renewal Processes

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 905
Author(s):  
Nina Megier ◽  
Manuel Ponzi ◽  
Andrea Smirne ◽  
Bassano Vacchini
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dynamics ◽  
Open Quantum System ◽  
Open Quantum Systems ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Renewal Processes ◽  
Continuous Part ◽  
Trace Distance ◽  
Open Quantum ◽  
And Control

Simple, controllable models play an important role in learning how to manipulate and control quantum resources. We focus here on quantum non-Markovianity and model the evolution of open quantum systems by quantum renewal processes. This class of quantum dynamics provides us with a phenomenological approach to characterise dynamics with a variety of non-Markovian behaviours, here described in terms of the trace distance between two reduced states. By adopting a trajectory picture for the open quantum system evolution, we analyse how non-Markovianity is influenced by the constituents defining the quantum renewal process, namely the time-continuous part of the dynamics, the type of jumps and the waiting time distributions. We focus not only on the mere value of the non-Markovianity measure, but also on how different features of the trace distance evolution are altered, including times and number of revivals.

scholarly journals IBM Q Experience as a versatile experimental testbed for simulating open quantum systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo García-Pérez ◽  
Matteo A. C. Rossi ◽  
Sabrina Maniscalco
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Open Quantum Systems ◽  
Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Entangled State ◽  
Specific Class ◽  
Linear Optics ◽  
Open Quantum ◽  
State Generation

AbstractThe advent of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) technology is changing rapidly the landscape and modality of research in quantum physics. NISQ devices, such as the IBM Q Experience, have very recently proven their capability as experimental platforms accessible to everyone around the globe. Until now, IBM Q Experience processors have mostly been used for quantum computation and simulation of closed systems. Here, we show that these devices are also able to implement a great variety of paradigmatic open quantum systems models, hence providing a robust and flexible testbed for open quantum systems theory. During the last decade an increasing number of experiments have successfully tackled the task of simulating open quantum systems in different platforms, from linear optics to trapped ions, from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to cavity quantum electrodynamics. Generally, each individual experiment demonstrates a specific open quantum system model, or at most a specific class. Our main result is to prove the great versatility of the IBM Q Experience processors. Indeed, we experimentally implement one and two-qubit open quantum systems, both unital and non-unital dynamics, Markovian and non-Markovian evolutions. Moreover, we realise proof-of-principle reservoir engineering for entangled state generation, demonstrate collisional models, and verify revivals of quantum channel capacity and extractable work, caused by memory effects. All these results are obtained using IBM Q Experience processors publicly available and remotely accessible online.

scholarly journals Loss, Gain, and Singular Points in Open Quantum Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hichem Eleuch ◽  
Ingrid Rotter
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Space ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Open Quantum Systems ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Open Quantum ◽  
Exceptional Points ◽  
Complex Eigenvalues ◽  
Dynamical Properties

Non-Hermitian quantum physics is used successfully for the description of different puzzling experimental results, which are observed in open quantum systems. Mostly, the influence of exceptional points on the dynamical properties of the system is studied. At these points, two complex eigenvalues Ei≡Ei+iΓi/2 of the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian H coalesce (where Ei is the energy and Γi is the inverse lifetime of the state i). We show that also the eigenfunctions Φi of the two states play an important role, sometimes even the dominant one. Besides exceptional points, other critical points exist in non-Hermitian quantum physics. At these points a=acr in the parameter space, the biorthogonal eigenfunctions of H become orthogonal. For illustration, we show characteristic numerical results.

scholarly journals Advances in Sequential Measurement and Control of Open Quantum Systems

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Gherardini ◽  
Andrea Smirne ◽  
Matthias M. Müller ◽  
Filippo Caruso
Keyword(s):  
Quantum System ◽  
Quantum Dynamics ◽  
Open Quantum Systems ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Noise Sources ◽  
Open Quantum ◽  
Quantum Science ◽  
And Control ◽  
Measurement And Control ◽  
Sequential Measurements

Novel concepts, perspectives and challenges in measuring and controlling an open quantum system via sequential schemes are shown. We discuss how similar protocols, relying both on repeated quantum measurements and dynamical decoupling control pulses, can allow to: (i) Confine and protect quantum dynamics from decoherence in accordance with the Zeno physics. (ii) Analytically predict the probability that a quantum system is transferred into a target quantum state by means of stochastic sequential measurements. (iii) Optimally reconstruct the spectral density of environmental noise sources by orthogonalizing in the frequency domain the filter functions driving the designed quantum-sensor. The achievement of these tasks will enhance our capability to observe and manipulate open quantum systems, thus bringing advances to quantum science and technologies.

scholarly journals Preparation of Quantum Gates for Open Quantum Systems by Lyapunov Control Method

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (01) ◽  
pp. 1650005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Wen ◽  
Shuang Cong
Keyword(s):  
Lyapunov Function ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Open Quantum Systems ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Quantum Gates ◽  
Control Laws ◽  
Open Quantum ◽  
Matrix Logarithm ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
And Control

In this paper the control laws of preparing quantum gates are designed based on Lyapunov stability theorem for two level open quantum systems. We propose a novel Lyapunov function according to the matrix logarithm function, which has higher accuracy and faster convergence speed by comparing them with those of the Lyapunov function of distance. Based on the proposed function, we design two types of control laws to prepare quantum gates for different systems including Markovian quantum systems with phase damping and amplitude damping, non-Markovian quantum systems and closed quantum systems. Furthermore, the system robustness when the Hamiltonian contains uncertainty is further investigated. In order to verify the superiorities of proposed function and control method, NOT gates are prepared by the designed control laws for different systems in the numerical experiments, and the results are comparatively analyzed.

scholarly journals An Operator-Based Exact Treatment of Open Quantum Systems

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 163-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Nicolosi
Keyword(s):  
Open System ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Quantum Physics ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Open Quantum Systems ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Open Quantum ◽  
Environment Model ◽  
Probabilistic Description ◽  
Deterministic Processes

Quantum mechanics must be regarded as open systems. On one hand, this is due to the fact that, like in classical physics, any realistic system is subjected to a coupling to an uncontrollable environment which influences it in a non-negligible way. The theory of open quantum systems thus plays a major role in many applications of quantum physics since perfect isolation of quantum system is not possible and since a complete microscopic description or control of the environment degrees of freedom is not feasible or only partially so [1]. Practical considerations therefore force one to seek for a simpler, effectively probabilistic description in terms of an open system. There is a close physical and mathematical connection between the evolution of an open system, the state changes induced by quantum measurements, and the classical notion of a stochastic process. The paper provides a bibliographic review of this interrelations, it shows the mathematical equivalence between markovian master equation and generalized piecewise deterministic processes [1] and it introduces the open system in an open observed environment model.

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