An open harmonic chain: Exact vs global and local reduced dynamics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.16669v1
• Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 13:33:00 GMT
• Title: An open harmonic chain: Exact vs global and local reduced dynamics
• Authors: Melika Babakan, Fabio Benatti, Laleh Memarzadeh,
• Abstract summary: We derive the steady states of the open chain quantum dynamics in two approaches.<n>We show the existence of a temperature-dependent critical inter-oscillator coupling strength that determines the domain of validity of each approach.
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• Abstract: In the following, we study the dissipative time-evolution of a quantum chain consisting of three coupled harmonic oscillators, the first and third of which weakly interact quadratically with two independent thermal baths in equilibrium at different temperatures. Due to the quadratic form of the total Hamiltonian, the unitary dynamics of the compound system is formally analytically solvable and defines a one-parameter group of Gaussian maps which enables us to solve the exact dynamics of the chain numerically. Following the Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad (GKSL) approach to open quantum systems, one can perform the rotating wave approximation with respect to the interacting, or non-interacting chain Hamiltonian and respectively derive the so-called global and local master equations. The solutions of the ensuing different master equations can then be compared with the exact one, possibly sorting out the two approaches in correspondence to different time-scales of the system. We derive the steady states of the open chain quantum dynamics in the two approaches and show that the behaviour of fidelity between them versus inter-oscillator coupling depends on the two bath temperatures, revealing the existence of a temperature-dependent critical inter-oscillator coupling strength that determines the domain of validity of each approach. When the newly found coupling is less than this critical value, the local approach outperforms the global approach, whereas for larger inter-oscillator coupling, the global approach is a better approximation of the exact evolution. This critical value of inter-oscillator coupling depends on the two bath temperatures, which then play a crucial role in deciding the best possible approximating open dynamics.

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