Stochastic Schrödinger equations and conditional states : a general non-markovian quantum electron transport simulator for THz electronics
Pandey, Devashish (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica)
Colomés Capón, Enrique
Albareda, Guillermo (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (Alemanya))
Oriols, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica)

Data:	2019
Resum:	A prominent tool to study the dynamics of open quantum systems is the reduced density matrix. Yet, approaching open quantum systems by means of state vectors has well known computational advantages. In this respect, the physical meaning of the so-called conditional states in Markovian and non-Markovian scenarios has been a topic of recent debate in the construction of stochastic Schrödinger equations. We shed light on this discussion by acknowledging the Bohmian conditional wavefunction (linked to the corresponding Bohmian trajectory) as the proper mathematical object to represent, in terms of state vectors, an arbitrary subset of degrees of freedom. As an example of the practical utility of these states, we present a time-dependent quantum Monte Carlo algorithm to describe electron transport in open quantum systems under general (Markovian or non-Markovian) conditions. By making the most of trajectory-based and wavefunction methods, the resulting simulation technique extends to the quantum regime, the computational capabilities that the Monte Carlo solution of the Boltzmann transport equation offers for semi-classical electron devices.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Conditional states ; Conditional wavefunction ; Markovian and Non-Markovian dynamics ; Stochastic Schrödinger equation ; Quantum electron transport
Publicat a:	Entropy, Vol. 21 (2019) , p. 1-25, ISSN 1099-4300

DOI: 10.3390/e21121148

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