Quantum trajectories of an oscillator interacting with an electromagnetic field, a classical force, and a heat bath
We consider a solvable problem describing the dynamics of a quantum oscillator interacting with an electromagnetic field, a classical force, and a heat bath. We propose a general method for solving Markovian master equations, the method of quantum trajectories. We construct the stochastic evolution...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Theoretical and mathematical physics 2009-03, Vol.158 (3), p.377-390 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We consider a solvable problem describing the dynamics of a quantum oscillator interacting with an electromagnetic field, a classical force, and a heat bath. We propose a general method for solving Markovian master equations, the method of quantum trajectories. We construct the stochastic evolution operator involving the stochastic analogue of the Baker-Hausdorff formula and calculate the system density matrix for an arbitrary initial state. As a physical application, we evaluate the influence of the environment at a finite temperature on the accuracy of measuring a weak classical force by the interference method. |
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ISSN: | 0040-5779 1573-9333 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11232-009-0031-5 |