Open quantum Markovian systems and the microreversibility Academic Article

abstract

• The concept of microreversibility (detailed balance) as applied to open quantum Markovian systems is introduced. The properties of such systems obeying detailed balance are studied in detail. It is shown how microreversibility may be used to obtain the steady state solution for the density operator. Some properties of the eigenfunctions of the Liouville operator are discussed. The general formalism is applied to Pauli master equation and some other master equations describing the relaxation of oscillators, two-level atoms in contact with heat bath; parametric frequency conversion and a single mode laser. 1973 Springer-Verlag.

authors

• Agarwal, Girish

published proceedings

• Zeitschrift fr Physik A Hadrons and nuclei

author list (cited authors)

• Agarwal, G. S.

citation count

• 80

complete list of authors

• Agarwal, GS

publication date

• October 1973

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• n0939-7922ISSN  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/bf01391504

start page

• 409

end page

• 422

volume

• 258

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01391504