Hybrid quantum-classical dynamics of pure-dephasing systems

Abstract

We consider the interaction dynamics of a classical oscillator and a quantum two-level system for different pure-dephasing Hamiltonians of the type $\hat{H}(q,p)=H_C(q,p)1+H_I(q,p){\hat{\sigma }}_z$. This type of systems represents a severe challenge for popular hybrid quantum-classical descriptions. For example, in the case of the common Ehrenfest model, the classical density evolution is shown to decouple entirely from the pure-dephasing quantum dynamics. We focus on a recently proposed hybrid wave equation that is based on Koopman's wavefunction description of classical mechanics. This model retains quantum-classical correlations whenever a coupling potential is present. Here, several benchmark problems are considered and the results are compared with those arising from fully quantum dynamics. A good agreement is found for a series of study cases involving harmonic oscillators with linear and quadratic coupling, as well as time-varying coupling parameters. In all these cases the classical evolution coincides exactly with the oscillator dynamics resulting from the fully quantum description. In the special case of time-independent coupling involving a classical oscillator with varying frequency, the quantum Bloch rotation exhibits peculiar features that escape from the hybrid description. In addition, nonlinear corrections to the harmonic Hamiltonian lead to an overall growth of decoherence at long times, which is absent in the fully quantum treatment.

arXiv comment24 pages, 10 figures. Contribution to the Special Collection "Koopman methods in classical and quantum-classical mechanics" in the Journal of Physics A

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