Nonequilibrium boundary-driven quantum systems: Models, methods, and properties

GT Landi, D Poletti, G Schaller - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the theoretical understanding of quantum
systems driven dissipatively by coupling to different baths at their edges. This was possible …

[HTML][HTML] A short introduction to the Lindblad master equation

D Manzano - Aip advances, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The theory of open quantum systems is one of the most essential tools for the development
of quantum technologies. Furthermore, the Lindblad (or Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan …

Lindblad master equation approach to the topological phase transition in the disordered Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model

A Nava, G Campagnano, P Sodano, D Giuliano - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We use the Lindblad equation method to investigate the onset of a mobility edge and the
topological phase transition in the disordered SSH chain connected to two external baths in …

Quantum transport on disordered and noisy networks: an interplay of structural complexity and uncertainty

M Walschaers, F Schlawin, T Wellens… - Annual Review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
We discuss recent research on quantum transport in complex materials, from photosynthetic
light-harvesting complexes to photonic circuits. We identify finite, disordered networks as the …

Do photosynthetic complexes use quantum coherence to increase their efficiency? Probably not

E Zerah Harush, Y Dubi - Science advances, 2021 - science.org
Answering the titular question has become a central motivation in the field of quantum
biology, ever since the idea was raised following a series of experiments demonstrating …

Shedding (incoherent) light on quantum effects in light-induced biological processes

P Brumer - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Light-induced processes that occur in nature, such as photosynthesis and
photoisomerization in the first steps in vision, are often studied in the laboratory using …

Fate of high winding number topological phases in the disordered extended Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model

EG Cinnirella, A Nava, G Campagnano, D Giuliano - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
We use the Lindblad equation approach to investigate topological phases hosting more than
one localized state at each side of a disordered Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain with properly …

Cycle flux ranking of network analysis in quantum thermal devices

L Wang, Z Wang, C Wang, J Ren - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Manipulating quantum thermal transport relies on uncovering the principle working cycles of
quantum devices. Here we introduce the cycle flux ranking of network analysis to …

Steady-state analysis of light-harvesting energy transfer driven by incoherent light: From dimers to networks

PY Yang, J Cao - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The question of how quantum coherence facilitates energy transfer has been intensively
debated in the scientific community. Since natural and artificial light-harvesting units operate …

Dephasing enhanced transport in nonequilibrium strongly correlated quantum systems

JJ Mendoza-Arenas, T Grujic, D Jaksch… - Physical Review B …, 2013 - APS
A key insight from recent studies is that noise, such as dephasing, can improve the efficiency
of quantum transport by suppressing coherent single-particle interference effects. However …