Abstract
A systematic approach is given for engineering dissipative environments that steer quantum wave packets along desired trajectories. The methodology is demonstrated with several illustrative examples: environment-assisted tunneling, trapping, effective mass assignment, and pseudorelativistic behavior. Nonconservative stochastic forces do not inevitably lead to decoherence - we show that purity can be well preserved. These findings highlight the flexibility offered by nonequilibrium open quantum dynamics.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 230404 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue number | 23 |
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| State | Published - Jun 7 2018 |
Funding
S.L.V. was supported by the Australian Research Council (DP130104510). D.I.B. and R.C., respectively, acknowledge financial support from NSF CHE-1464569 and DOE DE-FG-02-ER-15344. T.S. thanks the National Science Foundation (Grant No.CHE-1465201) for support. D.I.B. is also supported by the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers and AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program (No.FA9550-16-1-0254). S. L. V. was supported by the Australian Research Council (DP130104510). D. I. B. and R. C., respectively, acknowledge financial support from NSF CHE-1464569 and DOE DE-FG-02-ER-15344. T. S. thanks the National Science Foundation (Grant No. CHE-1465201) for support. D. I. B. is also supported by the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers and AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program (No. FA9550-16-1-0254).
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy