Optical Decoherence Model
Choose Lindblad form to give same decoherence effect as an imaginary optical potential: L1 = ?[2W(x)]
If H0=0, then
- ??/?t = 2 ?W??W – W? – ?W
- so
- ?(x,x',t) = ?(x,x',0) exp(– [?W(x') –?W(x)]2 t)
- = e–W(x)t ?(x,x',0) e–W(x')t ? e+2?W(x)?W(x')t
Schrödinger density evolution