A short introduction to the Lindblad Master Equation

2019/06/11 by Daniel Manzano · 1 voice · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.stat-mech #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.5115323

Pedagogical paper, aimed to people which knowledge about quantum mechanics but not previous background about quantum master equations

arxiv published 2019/06/11 · arxiv created 2020/02/05 · arxiv updated 2020/02/06

Abstract

The theory of open quantum system is one of the most essential tools for the development of quantum technologies. Furthermore, the Lindblad (or Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan-Lindblad) Master Equation plays a key role as it is the most general generator of Markovian dynamics in quantum systems. In this paper, we present this equation together with its derivation and methods of resolution. The presentation tries to be as self-contained and straightforward as possible to be useful to readers with no previous knowledge of this field.

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