Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 180402 (2008) [4 pages]Non-Markovian Quantum JumpsReceived 11 March 2008; published 5 May 2008 Open quantum systems that interact with structured reservoirs exhibit non-Markovian dynamics. We present a quantum jump method for treating the dynamics of such systems. This approach is a generalization of the standard Monte Carlo wave function (MCWF) method for Markovian dynamics. The MCWF method identifies decay rates with jump probabilities and fails for non-Markovian systems where the time-dependent rates become temporarily negative. Our non-Markovian quantum jump approach circumvents this problem and provides an efficient unraveling of the ensemble dynamics. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.180402
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.180402
PACS:
03.65.Yz, 42.50.Lc
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