Evolution processes of coupled thermal qubits

Publication date: Available online 9 August 2019Source: Physics Letters AAuthor(s): Theerawat Chatchawaltheerat, Supitch Khemmani, Julian PoulterAbstractWe investigate the quantum speed limit time (QSLT) of quantum evolution before thermal equilibrium of two coupled qubits each of which is coupled to a separate thermal bath at the same temperature within the Born-Markov approximation. The evolution process in one particular initial state can change between speed-up and speed-down two times before reaching equilibrium. We call this double cusp behaviour. This behaviour is an anomalous phenomenon in evolution processes in the weak-coupling Markovian regime. We study QSLT corresponding to all pure initial energy eigenstates and categorise them. In addition, we also display the conditions for double cusp behaviour in terms of temperature, qubit interaction and frequency.

Source: Physics Letters A - August 10, 2019 Category: Physics Source Type: research