Krylov Complexity for Open Quantum System: Dissipation and Decoherence

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.14810v1
• Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:12:01 GMT
• Title: Krylov Complexity for Open Quantum System: Dissipation and Decoherence
• Authors: Arpan Bhattacharyya, Sayed Gool, S. Shajidul Haque,
• Abstract summary: We investigate Krylov complexity in open quantum systems using Lindblad master equations for bosonic bath models.<n>We find that Krylov complexity saturates in the full system and reproduces the expected dissipative behavior when the decoherence term is suppressed.<n>However, Krylov complexity appears insensitive to the onset of decoherence, as no clear distinctive signature is observed.
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• Abstract: We investigate Krylov complexity in open quantum systems using Lindblad master equations for bosonic bath models, with particular emphasis on the Caldeira--Leggett model. Krylov complexity is computed from the moments of the two-point function within the standard master equation framework. For the damped harmonic oscillator, the results reveal clear dissipative features in Krylov complexity. In the Caldeira--Leggett model, in the high-temperature limit, we find that Krylov complexity saturates in the full system and reproduces the expected dissipative behavior when the decoherence term is suppressed in the master equation. Conversely, when the dissipative term is suppressed, the contribution from decoherence exhibits the familiar oscillatory dynamics of the coherent system, along with additional novel features. However, Krylov complexity appears insensitive to the onset of decoherence, as no clear distinctive signature is observed. We attribute this to the fact that Krylov complexity is defined in the Krylov basis, which does not coincide with the conventional basis typically used to study decoherence.

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