Open Quantum Systems Far from Equilibrium

• Main Author: Schaller, Gernot (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 881
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum physics.; Quantum Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences.; Mathematical Physics.

This monograph provides graduate students and also professional researchers aiming to understand the dynamics of open quantum systems with a valuable and self-contained toolbox. Special focus is laid on the link between microscopic models and the resulting open-system dynamics. This includes how to...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to Master Equations
• Obtaining a Master Equation
• Solving Master Equations
• Multi-Terminal Coupling: Non-Equilibrium Case I
• Direct Bath Coupling: Non-Equilibrium Case II
• Open-Loop Control: Non-Equilibrium Case III
• Closed-Loop Control: Non-Equilibrium Case IV.