Modified Bloch equations in presence of a nonstationary bath

Based on the system-reservoir description we propose a simple solvable microscopic model for a nonequilibrium bath. This captures the essential features of a nonstationary quantum Markov process. We establish an appropriate generalization of the fluctuation-dissipation relation pertaining to this process and explore the essential modifications of the Bloch equations to reveal the nonexponential decay of the Bloch vector components and transient spectral broadening in resonance fluorescence. We discuss a simple experimental scheme to verify the theoretical results.Comment: Revtex, 27 pages, 2 ps figures. To appear in European Physical Journal

Quantum noise-induced chaotic oscillations

We examine the weak quantum noise limit of Wigner equation for phase space distribution functions. It has been shown that the leading order quantum noise described in terms of an auxiliary Hamiltonian manifests itself as an additional fluctuational degree of freedom which may induce chaotic and regular oscillations in a nonlinear oscillator.Comment: minor corrections, new references adde

Adiabatic noise-induced escape rate for nonequilibrium open systems

We consider the motion of an overdamped particle in a force field in presence of an external, adiabatic noise, without the restriction that the noise process is Gaussian or the stochastic process is Markovian. We examine the condition for attainment of steady state for this nonequilibrium open system and calculate the adiabatic noise-induced rate of escape of the particle over a barrier.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure