2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2015.05.004
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Steady quantum coherence in non-equilibrium environment

Abstract: We study the steady state of a three-level system in contact with a non-equilibrium environment, which is composed of two independent heat baths at different temperatures. We derive a master equation to describe the non-equilibrium process of the system. For the three level systems with two dipole transitions, i.e., the Λ-type and V-type, we find that the interferences of two transitions in a non-equilibrium environment can give rise to non-vanishing steady quantum coherence, namely, there exist non-zero off-d… Show more

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“…However, the Markovian master equation corresponding to nonlocal decoherence had already been discussed extensively in refs. ( [32,33,34] and refs. therein).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the Markovian master equation corresponding to nonlocal decoherence had already been discussed extensively in refs. ( [32,33,34] and refs. therein).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Now we introduce a coupling spectral density J(ω) := 2π k |g k | 2 δ(ω − ω k ) [28,40], then the above summation can be written as an integral for continuous bath modes (considering r k = r, ∆θ k = δθ are constants):…”
Section: System Dynamicsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Here we use the Born-Markovian approximation to derive a master equation for the TLS [28,40]. The master equation is derived froṁ…”
Section: Appendix A: Evolution Operatormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recently, it has been proposed that stable quantum features, such as steady-state coherence [21][22][23][24][25] and steady-state entanglement [26,27], may exist in open quantum systems interacting with nonequilibrium environments that sustain quantum nonequilibrium steady states [28][29][30]. Such nonequilibrium environments can be bosonic or fermionic, with different temperatures and/or chemical potentials.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Such nonequilibrium environments can be bosonic or fermionic, with different temperatures and/or chemical potentials. The surviving quantum features are essentially sustained by the nonequilibrium condition (temperature difference and/or chemical potential difference) in the environments interacting with the quantum system [21,22,24,[25][26][27]. In a certain sense, these quantum features do not only survive, but also thrive, in the noisy nonequilibrium environments, as they are actually born out of the interactions with the nonequilibrium environments.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%