From normal Lindbladians to non-normal quantum trajectories

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04775v1
• Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:41:53 GMT
• Title: From normal Lindbladians to non-normal quantum trajectories
• Abstract summary: Quantum trajectory methods can replace mixed-state evolution with pure-state realizations.<n>We show that normal Lindblad generators' eigenoperator decomposition precludes transient amplification.<n>These results provide a trajectory-level interpretation of Liouvillian normality.
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• Abstract: Efficient simulation of Markovian open quantum systems remains a central challenge because the density-matrix description grows exponentially with system size. Quantum trajectory methods provide an alternative by replacing mixed-state evolution with stochastic pure-state realizations. Here we investigate this framework for normal Lindblad generators, whose orthogonal eigenoperator decomposition precludes transient amplification. By decomposing the Lindbladian into deterministic smooth and stochastic jump contributions, we derive an exact steady-state balance relation that identifies the interplay between these processes as the mechanism underlying Liouvillian normality. We further show that normal Lindbladians exclude exceptional points and that, although individual quantum trajectories generally exhibit stochastic coupling between Liouvillian eigenmodes, these couplings cancel upon ensemble averaging, recovering independent orthogonal relaxation modes. These results provide a trajectory-level interpretation of Liouvillian normality and clarify how a global property of the Lindblad generator is realized through stochastic quantum dynamics.

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