Dissipação quântica em sistemas abertos finitos

Abstract

In this work we consider the dynamical aspect of open quantum systems where a particle is subject to energy exchange with the environment. The environment (bath) consists of a finite number N of harmonic oscillators (HOs), characterizing a structured bath, for which a non-Markovian behavior is expected. We determine the numerical solution of the stochastic Schrödinger equation for a particle coupled to the bath. We study two different situations for the system’s particle: the harmonic potential and the ratchet potential. In the limit N → ¥ the bath is assumed to have an ohmic, sub-ohmic, and super-ohmic spectral density. In the case of the harmonic potential, for low values of N we observe an energy exchange between system and bath indefinitely in time, while for intermediate values of N is observed a decay in two time regimes: exponential for short times and power law for larger times. In the case of the ratchet potential, we observe that the energy returns to the systemeven for intermediate values of N. Wave packets are used to determine the evolution of the particle in the system potential.