title: Perturbative approach to Markovian open quantum systems.
abstract: The exact treatment of Markovian open quantum systems, when based on numerical diagonalization of the Liouville super-operator or averaging over quantum trajectories, is severely limited by Hilbert space size. Perturbation theory, standard in the investigation of closed quantum systems, has remained much less developed for open quantum systems where a direct application to the Lindblad master equation is desirable. We present such a perturbative treatment which will be useful for an analytical understanding of open quantum systems and for numerical calculation of system observables which would otherwise be impractical.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Andy C Y
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Quantum Research Group, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa and National Institute for Theoretical Physics (NITheP), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Petruccione
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koch