Nakajima-Zwanzig versus time-convolutionless master equation for the non-Markovian dynamics of a two-level system

作者：Smirne Andrea^*; Vacchini Bassano

来源：Physical Review A, 2010, 82(2): 022110.

DOI：10.1103/PhysRevA.82.022110

We consider the exact reduced dynamics of a two-level system coupled to a bosonic reservoir, further obtaining the exact time-convolutionless and Nakajima-Zwanzig non-Markovian equations of motion. The system considered includes the damped and undamped Jaynes-Cummings model. The result is obtained by exploiting an expression of quantum maps in terms of matrices and a simple relation between the time evolution map and the time-convolutionless generator as well as the Nakajima-Zwanzig memory kernel. This nonperturbative treatment shows that each operator contribution in Lindblad form appearing in the exact time-convolutionless master equation is multiplied by a different time-dependent function. Similarly, in the Nakajima-Zwanzig master equation each such contribution is convoluted with a different memory kernel. It appears that, depending on the state of the environment, the operator structures of the two sets of equations of motion can exhibit important differences.

• 出版日期2010-8-18