Author:
Eichler Alexander,Zilberberg Oded
Abstract
Abstract
In this chapter, we generalize our treatment of quantum systems by allowing them to be coupled to an environment at a finite temperature, similar to what we discussed for classical systems in chapter 4. The time evolution of many open quantum system can be calculated using the Lindblad master equation. We study various effects of the thermal environment on the quantum harmonic oscillator, and then continue to include driving by an external force
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford