Physics – Quantum Physics
Scientific paper
1995-12-11
J.Mod.Opt. 43 (1996) 2289
Physics
Quantum Physics
16 pages standard LaTeX + 1 figure (uuencoded postscript) Numerous minor revisions and clarifications. To appear in J. Mod. Op
Scientific paper
In computing the spectra of quantum mechanical systems one encounters the Fourier transforms of time correlation functions, as given by the quantum regression theorem for systems described by master equations. Quantum state diffusion (QSD) gives a useful method of solving these problems by unraveling the master equation into stochastic trajectories; but there is no generally accepted definition of a time correlation function for a single QSD trajectory. In this paper we show how QSD can be used to calculate these spectra directly; by formally solving the equations which arise, we arrive at a natural definition for a two-time correlation function in QSD, which depends explicitly on both the stochastic noise of the particular trajectory and the time of measurement, and which agrees in the mean with the ensemble average definition of correlation functions.
Brun Todd A.
Gisin Nicolas
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