Large Fluctuations in Open Quantum Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.11822v1
• Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:56:39 GMT
• Title: Large Fluctuations in Open Quantum Systems
• Abstract summary: We study statistics of atypical measurement outcomes in the steady states of driven open quantum systems.<n>We show that this property is generically lost in driven dissipative systems.
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• Abstract: We study statistics of atypical measurement outcomes in the steady states of driven open quantum systems. In equilibrium, the probability distribution over the phase space, as encoded in, e.g., the Wigner function, is analytic in the phase-space coordinates. We show that this property is generically lost in driven dissipative systems: their {\it large-deviation function} develops lines and surfaces across which its derivatives are discontinuous. As an illustrative example, we consider a parametrically driven Kerr oscillator coupled linearly and/or nonlinearly to a dissipative bath. Rare fluctuations in the amplitude and phase of the induced oscillations are governed by semiclassical instanton trajectories of the corresponding Keldysh-Lindblad action. We demonstrate that a given fluctuation can be realized through multiple distinct instanton trajectories. The competition between these trajectories leads to abrupt switching of the dominant instanton and, consequently, to non-analytic features in the large-deviation function.

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