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Hidden parameters in open-system evolution unveiled by geometric phase
We find a class of open-system models in which individual quantum
trajectories may depend on parameters that are undetermined by the full
open-system evolution. This dependence is imprinted in the geometric phase
associated with such trajectories and persists after averaging. Our findings
indicate a potential source of ambiguity in the quantum trajectory approach to
open quantum systems.Comment: QSD analysis added; several stylistic changes; journal reference
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Quantum Particle-Trajectories and Geometric Phase
"Particle"-trajectories are defined as integrable paths
in projective space.
Quantum states evolving on such trajectories, open or closed, do not
delocalise in projection, the phase associated with the trajectories
being related to the geometric (Berry) phase and the Classical Mechanics
action. High Energy Physics properties of states evolving on
"particle"-trajectories are discussed.Comment: 4 page
On geometric phases for quantum trajectories
A sequence of completely positive maps can be decomposed into quantum
trajectories. The geometric phase or holonomy of such a trajectory is
delineated. For nonpure initial states, it is shown that well-defined
holonomies can be assigned by using Uhlmann's concept of parallel transport
along the individual trajectories. We put forward an experimental realization
of the geometric phase for a quantum trajectory in interferometry. We argue
that the average over the phase factors for all quantum trajectories that build
up a given open system evolution, fails to reflect the geometry of the open
system evolution itself.Comment: Submitted to the Proceedings of the 13th CEWQO 2006 in Vienn
Conductance of Open Quantum Billiards and Classical Trajectories
We analyse the transport phenomena of 2D quantum billiards with convex
boundary of different shape. The quantum mechanical analysis is performed by
means of the poles of the S-matrix while the classical analysis is based on the
motion of a free particle inside the cavity along trajectories with a different
number of bounces at the boundary. The value of the conductance depends on the
manner the leads are attached to the cavity. The Fourier transform of the
transmission amplitudes is compared with the length of the classical paths.
There is good agreement between classical and quantum mechanical results when
the conductance is achieved mainly by special short-lived states such as
whispering gallery modes (WGM) and bouncing ball modes (BBM). In these cases,
also the localization of the wave functions agrees with the picture of the
classical paths. The S-matrix is calculated classically and compared with the
transmission coefficients of the quantum mechanical calculations for five modes
in each lead. The number of modes coupled to the special states is effectively
reduced.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures (jpg), 2 table
Quantum trajectories and open many-body quantum systems
The study of open quantum systems has become increasingly important in the
past years, as the ability to control quantum coherence on a single particle
level has been developed in a wide variety of physical systems. In quantum
optics, the study of open systems goes well beyond understanding the breakdown
of quantum coherence. There, the coupling to the environment is sufficiently
well understood that it can be manipulated to drive the system into desired
quantum states, or to project the system onto known states via feedback in
quantum measurements. Many mathematical frameworks have been developed to
describe such systems, which for atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) systems
generally provide a very accurate description of the open quantum system on a
microscopic level. In recent years, AMO systems including cold atomic and
molecular gases and trapped ions have been applied heavily to the study of
many-body physics, and it has become important to extend previous understanding
of open system dynamics in single- and few-body systems to this many-body
context. A key formalism that has already proven very useful in this context is
the quantum trajectories technique. This was developed as a numerical tool for
studying dynamics in open quantum systems, and falls within a broader framework
of continuous measurement theory as a way to understand the dynamics of large
classes of open quantum systems. We review the progress that has been made in
studying open many-body systems in the AMO context, focussing on the
application of ideas from quantum optics, and on the implementation and
applications of quantum trajectories methods. Control over dissipative
processes promises many further tools to prepare interesting and important
states in strongly interacting systems, including the realisation of parameter
regimes in quantum simulators that are inaccessible via current techniques.Comment: 66 pages, 29 figures, review article submitted to Advances in Physics
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Open system dynamics with non-Markovian quantum trajectories
A non-Markovian stochastic Schroedinger equation for a quantum system coupled
to an environment of harmonic oscillators is presented. Its solutions, when
averaged over the noise, reproduce the standard reduced density operator
without any approximation. We illustrate the power of this approach with
several examples, including exponentially decaying bath correlations and
extreme non-Markovian cases, where the `environment' consists of only a single
oscillator. The latter case shows the decay and revival of a `Schroedinger cat'
state. For strong coupling to a dissipative environment with memory, the
asymptotic state can be reached in a finite time. Our description of open
systems is compatible with different positions of the `Heisenberg cut' between
system and environment.Comment: 4 pages RevTeX, 3 figure
Periodic orbits for classical particles having complex energy
This paper revisits earlier work on complex classical mechanics in which it
was argued that when the energy of a classical particle in an analytic
potential is real, the particle trajectories are closed and periodic, but that
when the energy is complex, the classical trajectories are open. Here it is
shown that there is a discrete set of eigencurves in the complex-energy plane
for which the particle trajectories are closed and periodic.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figure
From quantum trajectories to classical orbits
Recently it has been shown that the evolution of open quantum systems may be
``unraveled'' into individual ``trajectories,'' providing powerful numerical
and conceptual tools. In this letter we use quantum trajectories to study
mesoscopic systems and their classical limit. We show that in this limit,
Quantum Jump (QJ) trajectories approach a diffusive limit very similar to the
Quantum State Diffusion (QSD) unraveling. The latter follows classical
trajectories in the classical limit. Hence, both unravelings show the rise of
classical orbits. This is true for both regular and chaotic systems (which
exhibit strange attractors).Comment: 7 pages RevTeX 3.0 + 2 figures (postscript). Submitted to Physical
Review Letter
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