decoherence in phase space for markovian quantum open systems olivier brodier 1 & alfredo m....
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Decoherence in Phase Spacefor Markovian Quantum Open Systems
Olivier Brodier1
& Alfredo M. Ozorio de Almeida2
1 – M.P.I.P.K.S. Dresden2 – C.B.P.F. Rio de Janeiro
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Plan
• Motivation
• Weyl Wigner formalism
• Quadratic case ( exact )
• General case ( semiclassical )
• Conclusion
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Motivations
• How to separate a wavy behaviour from a ballistic one in experimental data?
• When does it become impossible / possible to describe the results classically?
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Weyl Representation
• To map the quantum problem onto a classical frame: the phase space.
• Analogous to a classical probability distribution in phase space.
• BUT: W(x) can be negative!
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Wigner function
How does it look like?
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Fourier Transform
Wigner function W(x) → Chord function χ(ξ)
Semiclassical originof “chord” dubbing:Centre → Chord
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Physical analogy
Small chords → Classical features ( direct transmission )
Large chords → Quantum fringes ( lateral repetition pattern )
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Markovian Quantum Open System General form for the time evolution
of a reduced density operator : Lindblad equation.
Reduced Density Operator:
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Quadratic Hamiltonian with linear coupling to environment:
Weyl representation
Centre space: Fockker-Planck equation
Chord space:
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Behaviour of the solution
The Wigner function is:- Classically propagated- Coarse grained
It becomes positive
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Analytical expressionThe chord function is cut out
The Wigner function is coarse grained
With:
α is a parameter related to the coupling strength
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Decoherence time
Elliptic case
Hyperbolic case
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Semiclassical generalization
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W.K.B.
Hamilton-Jacobi:
Approximate solution of the Schrödinger equation:
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W.K.B. in Doubled Phase Space
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Propagator for the Wigner function(Unitary case)
Reflection Operator:
Time evolution:
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Weyl representation of the propagator
Centre space:
Chord space:
Centre→Centre propagator
Centre→Chord propagator
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WKB ansatz
The Centre→Chord propagator is initially caustic free
We infer a WKB anstaz for later time:
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Hamilton Jacobi equation
Centre→Chord propagator
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Small chords limit
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With environment (non unitary)
In the small chords limit:
Liouville Propagation Gaussian cut out Airy function
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Application to moments
Justifies the small chords approximation
For instance:
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Results
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Conclusion
• Quadratic case: transition from a quantum regime to a purely classic one ( positivity threshold ). Exactly solvable.
• General case: transition as well. Decoherence is position dependent.
No analytical solution but numerically accessible results (classical runge kutta).