Unfolding system-environment correlation in open quantum systems: Revisiting master equations and the Born approximation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2104.04248v3
• Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 12:26:09 GMT
• Title: Unfolding system-environment correlation in open quantum systems: Revisiting master equations and the Born approximation
• Authors: A. P. Babu, S. Alipour, A. T. Rezakhani, T. Ala-Nissila,
• Abstract summary: Derivations of master equations (MEs) for the dynamics of open systems require approximations that mask dependence of the system dynamics on correlations. Here we demonstrate that the most common MEs indeed contain hidden information about explicit system-environment correlation. We unfold these correlations by recasting the MEs into a universal form in which the system-bath correlation operator appears.
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• Abstract: Understanding system-bath correlations in open quantum systems is essential for various quantum information and technology applications. Derivations of most master equations (MEs) for the dynamics of open systems require approximations that mask dependence of the system dynamics on correlations, since the MEs focus on reduced system dynamics. Here we demonstrate that the most common MEs indeed contain hidden information about explicit system-environment correlation. We unfold these correlations by recasting the MEs into a universal form in which the system-bath correlation operator appears. The equations include the Lindblad, Redfield, second-order time-convolutionless, second-order Nakajima-Zwanzig, and second-order universal Lindblad-like cases. We further illustrate our results in an example, which implies that the second-order universal Lindblad-like equation captures correlation more accurately than other standard techniques.

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