The Kitaev-Feynman clock for open quantum systems

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/16/11/113066zbMATH Open1451.81301arXiv1406.5631OpenAlexW2053026912MaRDI QIDQ3387145FDOQ3387145

Authors: David G. Tempel, Alán Aspuru-Guzik 

Publication date: 12 January 2021

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that Feynman's Clock construction, in which the time-evolution of a closed quantum system is encoded as a ground state problem, can be extended to open quantum systems. In our formalism, the ground states of an ensemble of non-Hermitian Feynman Clock Hamiltonians yield stochastic trajectories, which unravel the evolution of a Lindblad master equation. In this way, one can use Feynman's Clock not only to simulate the evolution of a quantum system, but also it's interaction with an environment such as a heat bath or measuring apparatus. A simple numerical example of a two-level atom undergoing spontaneous emission is presented and analyzed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.5631

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

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