Analog quantum simulation of the dynamics of open quantum systems with quantum dots and microelectronic circuits

CW Kim, JM Nichol, AN Jordan, I Franco - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
We introduce a general setup for the analog quantum simulation of the dynamics of open
quantum systems based on semiconductor quantum dots electrically connected to an array …

Coherent and incoherent contributions to molecular electron transport

L Mejía, U Kleinekathöfer, I Franco - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We numerically isolate the limits of validity of the Landauer approximation to describe
charge transport along molecular junctions in condensed phase environments. To do so, we …

Tuning and enhancing quantum coherence time scales in molecules via light-matter hybridization

W Hu, I Gustin, TD Krauss, I Franco - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Protecting quantum coherences in matter from the detrimental effects introduced by its
environment is essential to employ molecules and materials in quantum technologies and …

General framework for quantifying dissipation pathways in open quantum systems. I. Theoretical formulation

CW Kim, I Franco - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We present a general and practical theoretical framework to investigate how energy is
dissipated in open quantum system dynamics. This is performed by quantifying the …

General framework for quantifying dissipation pathways in open quantum systems. II. Numerical validation and the role of non-Markovianity

CW Kim, I Franco - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In the previous paper [CW Kim and I. Franco, J. Chem. Phys. 160, 214111-1–214111-13
(2024)], we developed a theory called MQME-D, which allows us to decompose the overall …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of an excitation-transfer trimer: Interference, coherence, Berry's phase development, and vibrational control of non-adiabaticity

JA Cina - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We detail several interesting features in the dynamics of an equilaterally shaped electronic
excitation-transfer (EET) trimer with distance-dependent intermonomer excitation-transfer …

Multi-state harmonic models with globally shared bath for nonadiabatic dynamics in the condensed phase

Z Hu, D Brian, X Sun - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Model Hamiltonians constructed from quantum chemistry calculations and molecular
dynamics simulations are widely used for simulating nonadiabatic dynamics in the …

Multilevel Purcell effect and the impact of vibrational modes in molecular quantum optics

C Nation, V Notararigo, A Olaya-Castro - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
The increased decay rate of a two-level system weakly coupled to an optical cavity, known
as the Purcell effect, is a cornerstone of cavity QED. However, the effect of cavity coupling is …

Extracting bath information from open-quantum-system dynamics with the hierarchical equations-of-motion method

CW Kim - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
We present a simple and effective approach for extracting the bath information in open-
quantum-system dynamics under the framework of the numerically exact hierarchical …

Bexcitonics: Quasiparticle approach to open quantum dynamics

X Chen, I Franco - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We develop a quasiparticle approach to capture the dynamics of open quantum systems
coupled to bosonic thermal baths of arbitrary complexity based on the Hierarchical …