Dynamics of non-Markovian open quantum systems

I De Vega, D Alonso - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2017 - APS
Open quantum systems (OQSs) cannot always be described with the Markov approximation,
which requires a large separation of system and environment time scales. An overview is …

Hierarchy of stochastic pure states for open quantum system dynamics

D Suess, A Eisfeld, WT Strunz - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
We derive a hierarchy of stochastic evolution equations for pure states (quantum
trajectories) for open quantum system dynamics with non-Markovian structured …

Accuracy assessment of perturbative master equations: Embracing nonpositivity

R Hartmann, WT Strunz - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
The reduced dynamics of an open quantum system obtained from an underlying
microscopic Hamiltonian can in general only approximately be described by a time-local …

A stochastic approach to open quantum systems

R Biele, R D'Agosta - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Stochastic methods are ubiquitous to a variety of fields, ranging from physics to economics
and mathematics. In many cases, in the investigation of natural processes, stochasticity …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of a strongly coupled quantum heat engine—Computing bath observables from the hierarchy of pure states

V Boettcher, R Hartmann, K Beyer… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We present a fully quantum dynamical treatment of a quantum heat engine and its baths
based on the Hierarchy of Pure States (HOPS), an exact and general method for open …

Exact open quantum system dynamics using the hierarchy of pure states (HOPS)

R Hartmann, WT Strunz - Journal of chemical theory and …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We show that the general and numerically exact Hierarchy of Pure States method (HOPS) is
very well applicable to calculate the reduced dynamics of an open quantum system. In …

Completely positive, simple, and possibly highly accurate approximation of the Redfield equation

D Davidović - Quantum, 2020 - quantum-journal.org
Here we present a Lindblad master equation that approximates the Redfield equation, a well
known master equation derived from first principles, without significantly compromising the …

Absence of quantum oscillations and dependence on site energies in electronic excitation transfer in the Fenna–Matthews–Olson trimer

G Ritschel, J Roden, WT Strunz… - The Journal of …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Energy transfer in the photosynthetic Fenna–Matthews–Olson (FMO) complex of green
sulfur bacteria is studied numerically taking all three subunits (monomers) of the FMO trimer …

An efficient method to calculate excitation energy transfer in light-harvesting systems: application to the Fenna–Matthews–Olson complex

G Ritschel, J Roden, WT Strunz… - New Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
A master equation derived from non-Markovian quantum state diffusion is used to calculate
the excitation energy transfer in the photosynthetic Fenna–Matthews–Olson pigment–protein …

Influence of Complex Exciton-Phonon Coupling on Optical Absorption<? format?> and Energy Transfer of Quantum Aggregates

J Roden, A Eisfeld, W Wolff, WT Strunz - Physical review letters, 2009 - APS
We present a theory that efficiently describes the quantum dynamics of an electronic
excitation that is coupled to a continuous, highly structured phonon environment. Based on a …