Engineered thermalization and cooling of quantum many-body systems
Mekena Metcalf, Jonathan E. Moussa, Wibe A. de Jong, Mohan Sarovar
Abstract
The authors propose a thermalization scheme based on driven, dissipative auxiliary modes that emulate the action of a macroscopic bath over relevant timescales. This can be used to generate thermal states for quantum simulations protocols.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsThermalisationQuantumDissipative systemAction (physics)ThermalQuantum mechanicsQuantum systemQuantum entanglementStatistical physicsOpen quantum systemClassical mechanicsQuantum dynamicsField (mathematics)Non-equilibrium thermodynamicsWork (physics)Thermal equilibriumQuantum dotQuantum dissipationDissipationScheme (mathematics)Quantum many-body systemsQuantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum Information and Cryptography