Nonequilibrium boundary-driven quantum systems: Models, methods, and properties

GT Landi, D Poletti, G Schaller - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the theoretical understanding of quantum
systems driven dissipatively by coupling to different baths at their edges. This was possible …

Quantum engines and refrigerators

LM Cangemi, C Bhadra, A Levy - Physics Reports, 2024 - Elsevier
Engines are systems and devices that convert one form of energy into another, typically into
a more useful form that can perform work. In the classical setup, physical, chemical, and …

Sublinear scaling in non-Markovian open quantum systems simulations

M Cygorek, J Keeling, BW Lovett, EM Gauger - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
While several numerical techniques are available for predicting the dynamics of non-
Markovian open quantum systems, most struggle with simulations for very long memory and …

Time‐dependent density matrix renormalization group method for quantum dynamics in complex systems

J Ren, W Li, T Jiang, Y Wang… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The simulations of spectroscopy and quantum dynamics are of vital importance to the
understanding of the electronic processes in complex systems, including the …

Effective-Hamiltonian theory of open quantum systems at strong coupling

N Anto-Sztrikacs, A Nazir, D Segal - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
We present the reaction-coordinate polaron-transform (RCPT) framework for generating
effective-Hamiltonian models to treat nonequilibrium open quantum systems at strong …

Noise-assisted digital quantum simulation of open systems using partial probabilistic error cancellation

JD Guimarães, J Lim, MI Vasilevskiy, SF Huelga… - PRX Quantum, 2023 - APS
Quantum systems are inherently open and susceptible to environmental noise, which can
have both detrimental and beneficial effects on their dynamics. This phenomenon has been …

Trapped-ion quantum simulation of electron transfer models with tunable dissipation

V So, M Duraisamy Suganthi, A Menon, M Zhu… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Electron transfer is at the heart of many fundamental physical, chemical, and biochemical
processes essential for life. The exact simulation of these reactions is often hindered by the …

Exact dynamics of nonadditive environments in non-Markovian open quantum systems

D Gribben, DM Rouse, J Iles-Smith, A Strathearn… - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
When a quantum system couples strongly to multiple baths, then it is generally no longer
possible to describe the resulting system dynamics by simply adding the individual effects of …

Strong coupling thermodynamics of open quantum systems

Á Rivas - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
A general thermodynamic framework is presented for open quantum systems in fixed contact
with a thermal reservoir. The first and second law are obtained for arbitrary system-reservoir …

Modelling the ultra-strongly coupled spin-boson model with unphysical modes

N Lambert, S Ahmed, M Cirio, F Nori - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
A quantum system weakly coupled to a zero-temperature environment will relax, via
spontaneous emission, to its ground-state. However, when the coupling to the environment …