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Title: Improving the efficiency of hierarchical equations of motion approach and application to coherent dynamics in Aharonov–Bohm interferometers

Abstract

Several recent advancements for the hierarchical equations of motion (HEOM) approach are reported. First, we propose an a priori estimate for the optimal number of basis functions for the reservoir memory decomposition. Second, we make use of the sparsity of auxiliary density operators (ADOs) and propose two ansatzs to screen out all the intrinsic zero ADO elements. Third, we propose a new truncation scheme by utilizing the time derivatives of higher-tier ADOs. These novel techniques greatly reduce the memory cost of the HEOM approach, and thus enhance its efficiency and applicability. The improved HEOM approach is applied to simulate the coherent dynamics of Aharonov–Bohm double quantum dot interferometers. Quantitatively accurate dynamics is obtained for both noninteracting and interacting quantum dots. The crucial role of the quantum phase for the magnitude of quantum coherence and quantum entanglement is revealed.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1]
  1. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026 (China)
  2. Department of Physics, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018 (China)
  3. Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100084 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22415498
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 142; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECT; EFFICIENCY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTERFEROMETERS; QUANTUM DECOHERENCE; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; QUANTUM OPERATORS

Citation Formats

Hou, Dong, Xu, RuiXue, Zheng, Xiao, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, Wang, Shikuan, Wang, Rulin, Ye, LvZhou, Yan, YiJing, and Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong. Improving the efficiency of hierarchical equations of motion approach and application to coherent dynamics in Aharonov–Bohm interferometers. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4914514.
Hou, Dong, Xu, RuiXue, Zheng, Xiao, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, Wang, Shikuan, Wang, Rulin, Ye, LvZhou, Yan, YiJing, & Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong. Improving the efficiency of hierarchical equations of motion approach and application to coherent dynamics in Aharonov–Bohm interferometers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4914514
Hou, Dong, Xu, RuiXue, Zheng, Xiao, Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, Wang, Shikuan, Wang, Rulin, Ye, LvZhou, Yan, YiJing, and Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong. 2015. "Improving the efficiency of hierarchical equations of motion approach and application to coherent dynamics in Aharonov–Bohm interferometers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4914514.
@article{osti_22415498,
title = {Improving the efficiency of hierarchical equations of motion approach and application to coherent dynamics in Aharonov–Bohm interferometers},
author = {Hou, Dong and Xu, RuiXue and Zheng, Xiao and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026 and Wang, Shikuan and Wang, Rulin and Ye, LvZhou and Yan, YiJing and Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong},
abstractNote = {Several recent advancements for the hierarchical equations of motion (HEOM) approach are reported. First, we propose an a priori estimate for the optimal number of basis functions for the reservoir memory decomposition. Second, we make use of the sparsity of auxiliary density operators (ADOs) and propose two ansatzs to screen out all the intrinsic zero ADO elements. Third, we propose a new truncation scheme by utilizing the time derivatives of higher-tier ADOs. These novel techniques greatly reduce the memory cost of the HEOM approach, and thus enhance its efficiency and applicability. The improved HEOM approach is applied to simulate the coherent dynamics of Aharonov–Bohm double quantum dot interferometers. Quantitatively accurate dynamics is obtained for both noninteracting and interacting quantum dots. The crucial role of the quantum phase for the magnitude of quantum coherence and quantum entanglement is revealed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4914514},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22415498}, journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
issn = {0021-9606},
number = 10,
volume = 142,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}