Permutational Invariance¶

Permutational Invariant Quantum Solver (PIQS)¶

The Permutational Invariant Quantum Solver (PIQS) is a QuTiP module that allows to study the dynamics of an open quantum system consisting of an ensemble of identical qubits that can dissipate through local and collective baths according to a Lindblad master equation.

The Liouvillian of an ensemble of \(N\) qubits, or two-level systems (TLSs), \(\mathcal{D}_{TLS}(\rho)\), can be built using only polynomial – instead of exponential – resources. This has many applications for the study of realistic quantum optics models of many TLSs and in general as a tool in cavity QED.

Consider a system evolving according to the equation

\[ \begin{align}\begin{aligned}\dot{\rho} = \mathcal{D}_\text{TLS}(\rho)=-\frac{i}{\hbar}\lbrack H,\rho \rbrack +\frac{\gamma_\text{CE}}{2}\mathcal{L}_{J_{-}}[\rho] +\frac{\gamma_\text{CD}}{2}\mathcal{L}_{J_{z}}[\rho] +\frac{\gamma_\text{CP}}{2}\mathcal{L}_{J_{+}}[\rho]\\+\sum_{n=1}^{N}\left( \frac{\gamma_\text{E}}{2}\mathcal{L}_{J_{-,n}}[\rho] +\frac{\gamma_\text{D}}{2}\mathcal{L}_{J_{z,n}}[\rho] +\frac{\gamma_\text{P}}{2}\mathcal{L}_{J_{+,n}}[\rho]\right)\end{aligned}\end{align} \]

where \(J_{\alpha,n}=\frac{1}{2}\sigma_{\alpha,n}\) are SU(2) Pauli spin operators, with \({\alpha=x,y,z}\) and \(J_{\pm,n}=\sigma_{\pm,n}\). The collective spin operators are \(J_{\alpha} = \sum_{n}J_{\alpha,n}\) . The Lindblad super-operators are \(\mathcal{L}_{A} = 2A\rho A^\dagger - A^\dagger A \rho - \rho A^\dagger A\).

The inclusion of local processes in the dynamics lead to using a Liouvillian space of dimension \(4^N\). By exploiting the permutational invariance of identical particles [2-8], the Liouvillian \(\mathcal{D}_\text{TLS}(\rho)\) can be built as a block-diagonal matrix in the basis of Dicke states \(|j, m \rangle\).

The system under study is defined by creating an object of the Dicke class, e.g. simply named system, whose first attribute is

system.N, the number of TLSs of the system \(N\).

The rates for collective and local processes are simply defined as

collective_emission defines \(\gamma_\text{CE}\), collective (superradiant) emission
collective_dephasing defines \(\gamma_\text{CD}\), collective dephasing
collective_pumping defines \(\gamma_\text{CP}\), collective pumping.
emission defines \(\gamma_\text{E}\), incoherent emission (losses)
dephasing defines \(\gamma_\text{D}\), local dephasing
pumping defines \(\gamma_\text{P}\), incoherent pumping.

Then the system.lindbladian() creates the total TLS Lindbladian superoperator matrix. Similarly, system.hamiltonian defines the TLS hamiltonian of the system \(H_\text{TLS}\).

The system’s Liouvillian can be built using system.liouvillian(). The properties of a Piqs object can be visualized by simply calling system. We give two basic examples on the use of PIQS. In the first example the incoherent emission of N driven TLSs is considered.

from piqs import Dicke
from qutip import steadystate
N = 10
system = Dicke(N, emission = 1, pumping = 2)
L = system.liouvillian()
steady = steadystate(L)

For more example of use, see the “Permutational Invariant Lindblad Dynamics” section in the tutorials section of the website, http://qutip.org/tutorials.html.

Useful PIQS functions.¶
Operators	Command	Description
Collective spin algebra \(J_x,\ J_y,\ J_z\)	`jspin(N)`	The collective spin algebra \(J_x,\ J_y,\ J_z\) for \(N\) TLSs
Collective spin \(J_x\)	`jspin(N, "x")`	The collective spin operator \(Jx\). Requires \(N\) number of TLSs
Collective spin \(J_y\)	`jspin(N, "y")`	The collective spin operator \(J_y\). Requires \(N\) number of TLSs
Collective spin \(J_z\)	`jspin(N, "z")`	The collective spin operator \(J_z\). Requires \(N\) number of TLSs
Collective spin \(J_+\)	`jspin(N, "+")`	The collective spin operator \(J_+\).
Collective spin \(J_-\)	`jspin(N, "-")`	The collective spin operator \(J_-\).
Collective spin \(J_z\) in uncoupled basis	`jspin(N, "z", basis='uncoupled')`	The collective spin operator \(J_z\) in the uncoupled basis of dimension \(2^N\).
Dicke state \(\|j,m\rangle\) density matrix	`dicke(N, j, m)`	The density matrix for the Dicke state given by \(\|j,m\rangle\)
Excited-state density matrix in Dicke basis	`excited(N)`	The excited state in the Dicke basis
Excited-state density matrix in uncoupled basis	`excited(N, basis="uncoupled")`	The excited state in the uncoupled basis
Ground-state density matrix in Dicke basis	`ground(N)`	The ground state in the Dicke basis
GHZ-state density matrix in the Dicke basis	`ghz(N)`	The GHZ-state density matrix in the Dicke (default) basis for N number of TLS
Collapse operators of the ensemble	`Dicke.c_ops()`	The collapse operators for the ensemble can be called by the c_ops method of the Dicke class.

More functions relative to the qutip.piqs module can be found at API documentation. Attributes to the qutip.piqs.Dicke and qutip.piqs.Pim class can also be found there.