A Lie-algebraic approach to non-Markovian quantum dynamics
arXiv:2607.13865
The paper presents a Lie‑algebraic framework for modeling non‑Markovian quantum dynamics, using vectorized density matrices to obtain high‑dimensional linear time‑varying equations and applying Magnus expansions to analyze truncation errors, including cases with measurement noise modeled by Itô or Stratonovich stochastic calculus.
Abstract
In this paper, we study the non-Markovian quantum dynamics in quantum computations from the perspective of a Lie algebraic approach based on numerical analysis. By vectorizing the density matrix of quantum states, the non-Markovian evolutions can be represented with high-dimensional linear time-varying equations, where the time-varying parameters arise from the non-Markovian interactions between the quantum system and environment. We study the Magnus expansion of such linear time-varying quantum dynamics and clarify how the truncation errors for the first- and second-order Magnus expansions are influenced by the non-Markovian properties. Besides, when the quantum states are measured for filtering, the dynamics can be modeled as time-varying stochastic differential equations due to the existence of measurement noise. The Magnus expansions based on quantum stochastic filtering are different when the quantum measurement noises are modeled in an {Itô} or Stratonovich approach, rendering different truncation errors. Based on this, numerical simulations further demonstrate the efficiency of Magnus expansions in simulating non-Markovian quantum dynamics without or with stochasticity, and how the truncation errors are influenced by the Lie algebras in the Liouville space.