Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2002-04-18
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
13 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.1509745
The conditions under which an open quantum mechanical system may be described by mixed quantum-classical dynamics are investigated. Decoherence is studied using influence functional methods in a model composite quantum system comprising two coupled systems, A and C, interacting with a harmonic bath with Ohmic and super-Ohmic spectral densities. Subsystem A is directly coupled to subsystem C, while C is coupled directly to the bath. Calculations are presented for a model where subsystem A is taken to be a two-level system which is bilinearly coupled to a single harmonic oscillator C subsystem. The loss of quantum coherence in each subsystem is discussed in the extreme non-adiabatic regime where the dynamics of subsystem A is essentially frozen. Subsystem C is shown to lose its coherence rapidly, while subsystem A maintains coherence for longer time periods since C modulates the influence of the bath on A. Thus, one may identify situations where the coupled AC system evolution effectively obeys mixed quantum-classical dynamics.
Kapral Raymond
Shiokawa Kazutomu
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