{
  "id": "1402.3289",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2014-02-13T20:56:02.000Z",
  "updated": "2014-02-13T20:56:02.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum interference between independent reservoirs in open quantum systems",
  "authors": [
    "Ching-Kit Chan",
    "Guin-Dar Lin",
    "Susanne F. Yelin",
    "Mikhail D. Lukin"
  ],
  "comment": "9 pages, 6 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. A 89, 042117 (2014)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.89.042117",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "cond-mat.quant-gas"
  ],
  "abstract": "When a quantum system interacts with multiple reservoirs, the environmental effects are usually treated in an additive manner. We show that this assumption breaks down for non-Markovian environments that have finite memory times. Specifically, we demonstrate that quantum interferences between independent environments can qualitatively modify the dynamics of the physical system. We illustrate this effect with a two level system coupled to two structured photonic reservoirs, discuss its origin using a non-equilibrium diagrammatic technique, and show an example when the application of this interference can result in an improved dark state preparation in a $\\lambda$ system.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2014-02-13T20:56:02.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "03.65.Yz",
      "42.50.Ct",
      "03.67.Bg",
      "42.50.Lc"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "open quantum systems",
      "quantum interference",
      "independent reservoirs",
      "dark state preparation",
      "non-equilibrium diagrammatic technique"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review A",
      "year": 2014,
      "month": "Apr",
      "volume": 89,
      "number": 4,
      "pages": "042117"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 9,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2014PhRvA..89d2117C"
    }
  }
}