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The effect of an event on the quantum state is simply the result of applying this jump operator to the wavefunction, $| \psi (t) \rangle$, \begin{equation} + \label{eq:jump} | \psi(t + \mathrm{d}t) \rangle = \frac{\c | \psi(t) \rangle} {\sqrt{\langle \cd \c \rangle (t)}}, \end{equation} @@ -118,11 +119,17 @@ of the jump operator $\c$ will depend on the nature of the measurement we are considering. For example, if we consider measuring the photons escaping from a leaky cavity then $\c = \sqrt{2 \kappa} \hat{a}$, where $\kappa$ is the cavity decay rate and $\hat{a}$ is the -annihilation operator of a photon in the cavity field. The null -measurement outcome has to be treated differently as it does not occur -at discrete time points like the detection events themselves. Its -effect is accounted for by a modification to the isolated Hamiltonian, -$\hat{H}_0$, time evolution in the form +annihilation operator of a photon in the cavity field. It is +interesting to note that due to renormalisation the effect of a single +quantum jump is independent of the magnitude of the operator $\c$ +itself. However, larger operators lead to more frequent events and +thus more frequent applications of the jump operator. + +The null measurement outcome will have an opposing effect to the +quantum jump, but it has to be treated differently as it does not +occur at discrete time points like the detection events +themselves. Its effect is accounted for by a modification to the +isolated Hamiltonian, $\hat{H}_0$, time evolution in the form \begin{equation} | \psi (t + \mathrm{d}t) \rangle = \left\{ \hat{1} - \mathrm{d}t \left[ i \hat{H}_0 + \frac{\cd \c}{2} - \frac{\langle \cd \c @@ -135,24 +142,299 @@ Schr\"{o}dinger equation given by \mathrm{d} | \psi(t) \rangle = \left[ \mathrm{d} N(t) \left( \frac{\c} {\sqrt{ \langle \cd \c \rangle (t)}} - \hat{1} \right) + \mathrm{d} t \left( \frac{\langle \cd \c \rangle (t)}{2} - - \frac{ \cd \c}{2} - i \hat{H} \right) \right] | \psi(t) \rangle, + \frac{ \cd \c}{2} - i \hat{H}_0 \right) \right] | \psi(t) \rangle, \end{equation} where $\mathrm{d}N(t)$ is the stochastic increment to the number of photodetections up to time $t$ which is equal to $1$ whenever a quantum jump occurs and $0$ otherwise. Note that this equation has a -straightforward generalisation to multiple jump operators which we do -not consider here at all. +straightforward generalisation to multiple jump operators, but we do +not consider this possibility here at all. All trajectories that we calculate in the follwing chapters are described by the stochastic Schr\"{o}dinger equation in Eq. \eqref{eq:SSE}. The most straightforward way to solve it is to -replace the differentials by small time-setps $\delta t$. Then we +replace the differentials by small time-steps $\delta t$. Then we generate a random number $R(t)$ at every time-step and a jump is -applied, i.e.~$\mathrm{d}N(t) = 1$, if +applied, i.e.~$\mathrm{d}N(t) = 1$, if \begin{equation} R(t) < \langle \cd \c \rangle (t) \delta t. \end{equation} +In practice, this is not the most efficient method for +simulation. Instead we will use the following method. At an initial +time $t = t_0$ a random number $R$ is generated. We then propagate the +unnormalised wavefunction $| \tilde{\psi} (t) \rangle$ using the +non-Hermitian evolution given by +\begin{equation} + \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t} | \tilde{\psi} (t) \rangle = -i + \left( \hat{H}_0 - i \frac{\cd \c}{2} \right) | \tilde{\psi} (t) \rangle +\end{equation} +up to a time $T$ such that +$\langle \tilde{\psi} (T) | \tilde{\psi} (T) \rangle = R$. This +problem can be solved efficienlty using standard numerical +techniques. At time $T$ a quantum jump is applied according to +Eq. \eqref{eq:jump} which renormalises the wavefunction as well and +the process is repeated as long as desired. This formulation also has +the advantage that it provides a more intuitive picture of what +happens during a single trajectory. The quantum jumps are +self-explanatory, but now we have a clearer picture of the effect of +null outcomes on the quantum state. Its effect is entirely encoded in +the non-Hermitian modification to the original Hamiltonian given by +$\hat{H} = \hat{H}_0 - i \cd \c / 2$. It is now easy to see that fro a +jump operator, $\c$, with a large magnitude the no-event outcomes will +have a more significant effect on the quantum state. At the same time +they will lead to more frequent quantum jumps which have an opposing +effect to the non-Hermitian evolution, because the jump condition is +satisfied $\langle \tilde{\psi} (T) | \tilde{\psi} (T) \rangle = R$ +more frequently. In general, the competition between these two +processes is balanced and without any further external influence the +distribution of outcomes over many trajectories will be entirely +determined by the initial state even though each individual trajectory +will be unique and conditioned on the exact detection times that +occured during the given experimental run. In fact, individual +trajectories can have features that are not present after averaging +and this is why we focus our attention on single experimental runs +rather than average behaviour. + +\begin{figure}[htbp!] + \centering + \includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{setup} + \caption[Experimental Setup with Cavity]{Atoms in an optical lattice + are probed by a coherent light beam (red), and the light scattered + (blue) at a particular angle is enhanced and collected by a leaky + cavity. The photons escaping the cavity are detected, perturbing + the atomic evolution via measurement backaction.} + \label{fig:cavity} +\end{figure} + +The quantum trajectory theory can now be very straightforwardly +applied to our model of ultracold bosons in an optical +lattice. However, from now on we will only consider the case when the +atomic system is coupled to a single mode cavity in order to enhance +light scattering in one particular direction as shown in +Fig. \ref{fig:cavity}. This way we have complete control over the form +of the quantum jump operator, because light scattering in different +directions corresponds to different measurements as we have seen in +Eq. \eqref{eq:Jcoeff}. On the other hand, in free space we would have +to simultaneously consider all the possible directions in which light +could scatter and thus include multiple jump operators reducing the +our ability to control the system. + +The model we derived in Eq. \eqref{eq:fullH} is in fact already in a +form ready for quantum trajectory simulations. The phenomologically +included cavity decay rate $-i \kappa \ad_1 \a_1$ is in fact the +non-Hermitian term $-i \cd \c / 2$, where $\c = \sqrt{2 \kappa} \a_1$ +which is the jump operator we want for measurements of photons leaking +from the cavity. However, we will simplify the system by considering +the regime where we can neglect the effect of the quantum potential +that builds up in the cavity. Physically, this means that whilst light +scatters due to its interaction with matter, the field that builds up +due to the scattered photons collecting in the cavity has a negligible +effect on the atomic evolution compared to its own dynamics such as +inter-site tunnelling or on-site interactions. This can be achieved +when the cavity-probe detuning is smaller than the cavity decay rate, +$\Delta_p \ll \kappa$ \cite{caballero2015}. However, even though the +cavity field has a negligible effect on the atoms, measurement +backaction will not as this effect is of a different nature. It is due +to the wavefunction collapse due to the destruction of photons rather +than an interaction between fields. Therefore, the final form of the +Hamiltonian Eq. \eqref{eq:fullH} that we will be using in the +following chapters is +\begin{equation} + \hat{H} = \hat{H}_0 - i \gamma \hat{F}^\dagger \hat{F} +\end{equation} +\begin{equation} + \hat{H}_0 = -J \sum_{\langle i, j \rangle} \bd_i b_j + \frac{U}{2} + \sum_i \n_i (\n_i - 1), +\end{equation} +where $\hat{H}_0$ is simply the Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian, +$\gamma = \kappa |C|^2$ is a quantity that measures the strength of +the measurement and we have substituted $\a_1 = C \hat{F}$. The +quantum jumps are applied at times determined by the algorithm +described above and the jump operator is given by +\begin{equation} + \label{eq:jump} + \c = \sqrt{2 \kappa} C \hat{F}. +\end{equation} +Importantly, we see that measurement introduces a new energy and time +scale $\gamma$ which competes with the two other standard scales +responsible for the uitary dynamics of the closed system, tunnelling, +$J$, and in-site interaction, $U$. If each atom scattered light +inependently a different jump operator $\c_i$ would be required for +each site projecting the atomic system into a state where long-range +coherence is degraded. This is a typical scenario for spontaneous +emission, or for local and fixed-range addressing. In contrast to such +situations, we consider global coherent scattering with an operator +$\c$ that is global. Therefore, the effect of measurement backaction +is global as well and each jump affects the quantum state in a highly +nonlocal way and most importantly not only will it not degrade +long-range coherence, it will in fact lead to such long-range +correlations itself. + +\mynote{introduce citations from PRX/PRA above} + \section{The Master Equation} -\section{Global Measurement and ``Which-Way'' Information} \ No newline at end of file +A quantum trajectory is stochastic in nature, it depends on the exact +timings of the quantum jumps which are determined randomly. This makes +it difficult to obtain conclusive deterministic answers about the +behaviour of single trajectories. One possible approach that is very +common when dealing with open systems is to look at the unconditioned +state which is obtained by averaging over the random measurement +results which condition the system. The unconditioned state is no +longer a pure state and thus must be described by a density matrix, +\begin{equation} + \label{eq:rho} + \hat{\rho} = \sum_i p_i | \psi_i \rangle \langle \psi_i |, +\end{equation} +where $p_i$ is the probability the system is in the pure state +$| \psi_i \rangle$. If more than one $p_i$ value is non-zero then the +state is mixed, it cannot be represented by a single pure state. The +time evolution of the density operator obeys the master equation given +by +\begin{equation} + \dot{\hat{\rho}} = -i \left[ \hat{H}_0, \hat{\rho} \right] + \c + \hat{\rho} \cd - \frac{1}{2} \left( \cd \c \hat{\rho} + \hat{\rho} + \cd \c \right). +\end{equation} +Physically, the unconditioned state, $\rho$, represents our knowledge +of the quantum system if we are ignorant of the measurement outcome +(or we choose to ignore it), i.e.~we do not know the timings of the +detection events. + +We will be using the master equation and the density operator +formalism in the context of measurement. However, the exact same +methods are also applied to a different class of open systems, namely +dissipative systems. A dissipative system is an open system that +couples to an external bath in an uncontrolled way. The behaviour of +such a system is similar to a system subject measurement in which we +ignore all measurement results. One can even think of this external +coupling as a measurement who's outcome record is not accessible and +thus must be represented as an average over all possible +trajectories. However, there is a crucial difference between +measurement and dissipation. When we perform a measurement we use the +master equation to describe system evolution if we ignore the +measuremt outcomes, but at any time we can look at the detection times +and obtain a conditioned pure state for this current experimental +run. On the other hand, for a dissipative system we simply have no +such record of results and thus the density matrix predicted by the +master equation, which in general will be a mixed state, represents +our best knowledge of the system. In order to obtain a pure state, it +would be necessary to perform an actual measurement. + +A definite advantage of using the master equation for measurement is +that it includes the effect of any possible measurement +outcome. Therefore, it is useful when extracting features that are +common to many trajectories, regardless of the exact timing of the +events. In this case, we do not want to impose any specific trajectory +on the system as we are not interested in a specific experimental run, +but we would still like to identify the set of possible outcomes and +their properties. Unfortunately, calculating the inverse of +Eq. \eqref{eq:rho} is not an easy task. In fact, the decomposition of +a density matrix into pure states might not even be unique. However, +if a measurement leads to a projection, i.e.~the final state becomes +confined to some subspace of the Hilbert space, then this will be +visible in the final state of the density matrix. We will show this on +an example of a qubit in the quantum state +\begin{equation} + \label{eq:qubit0} + | \psi \rangle = \alpha |0 \rangle + \beta | 1 \rangle, +\end{equation} +where $| 0 \rangle$ and $| 1 \rangle$ represent the two basis states +of the qubit and we consider performing a measurement on it in the +basis $\{| 0 \rangle, | 1 \rangle \}$, but we don't check the outcome. +The quantum state will have collapsed now to the $ | 0 \rangle$ with +probability $| \alpha |^2$ and $| 1 \rangle$ with probability +$| \beta |^2$. The corresponding density matrix is given by +\begin{equation} + \label{eq:rho1} + \hat{\rho} = \left( \begin{array}{cc} + | \alpha |^2 & 0 \\ + 0 & |\beta|^2 + \end{array} \right), +\end{equation} +which is now a mixed state. We note that there are no off-diagonal +terms as the system is not in a superposition between the two basis +states. Therefore, the diagonal terms represent classical +probabilities of the system being in either of the basis states. This +is in contrast to their original interpretation when the state was +given by Eq. \eqref{eq:qubit0} when they represented the quantum +uncertainty in our knowledge of the state which would have manifested +itself in the density matrix as non-zero off-diagonal terms. The +significance of these values being classical probabilities is that now +we know that the measurement has already happened and we know that the +state must be either $| 0 \rangle$ or $| 1 \rangle$. We just don't +know which one until we check the result of the measurement. + +We have assumed that it was a discrete wavefunction collapse that lead +to the state in Eq. \eqref{eq:rho1} in which case the conclusion we +reached was obvious. However, the nature of the process that takes us +from the initial state to the final state with classical uncertainty +does not matter. The key observation is that regardless of the +trajectory taken if the final state is given by Eq. \eqref{eq:rho1} we +will definitely know that our state is either in the state +$| 0 \rangle$ or $| 1 \rangle$ and not in some superposition of the +two basis states. Therefore, if we obtained this density matrix as a +result of applying the time evolution given by the master equation we +would be able to identify the final states of individual trajectories +even though we have no information about the individual trajectories +themself. + +Here we have considered a very simple case of a Hilbert space with two +non-degenerate basis states. In the following chapters we will +generalise the above result to larger Hilbert spaces with multiple +degenerate subspaces. + +\section{Global Measurement and ``Which-Way'' Information} + +We have already mentioned that one of the key features of our model is +the global nature of the measurement operators. A single light mode +couples to multiple lattice sites which then scatter the light +coherently into a single mode which we enhance and collect with a +cavity. If atoms at different lattice sites scatter light with a +different phase or magnitude we will be able to identify which atoms +contributed to the light we detected. However, if they scatter the +photons in phase and with the same amplitude then we have no way of +knowing which atom emitted the photon, we have no ``which-way'' +information. When we were considering nondestructive measurements and +looking at expectation values, this had no consequence on our results +as we were simply interested in probing the quantum correlations of a +given ground state. Now, on the other hand, we are interested in the +effect of these measurements on the dynamics of the system. The effect +of measurement backaction will depend on the information that is +encoded in the detected photon. If a scattered mode cannot +distinuguish between two different lattice sites then we have no +information about the distribution of atoms between those two sites. +Therefore, all quantum correlations between the atoms in these sites +are unaffected by the backaction whilst their correlations with the +rest of the system will change as the result of the quantum jumps. + +The quantum jump operator for our model is given by +$\c = \sqrt{2 \kappa} C \hat{F}$ and we know from Eq. \eqref{eq:F} +that we have a large amount of flexibility in tuning $\hat{F}$ via the +geometry of the optical setup. We will consider the case when +$\hat{F} = \hat{D}$ given by Eq. \eqref{eq:D}, but since the argument +depends on geometry rather than the exact nature of the operator it +straightforwardly generalises to other measurement operators, +including the case when $\hat{F} = \hat{B}$. The operator $\hat{D}$ is +given by +\begin{equation} + \hat{D} = \sum_i J_{i,i} \n_i, +\end{equation} +where the coefficients $J_{i,i}$ are determined from +Eq. \eqref{eq:Jcoeff}. It is very simple to make the $J_{i,i}$ +periodic as it + +\begin{figure}[htbp!] + \centering + \includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{1DModes} + \caption[1D Modes due to Measurement Backaction]{} + \label{fig:cavity} +\end{figure} + +\begin{figure}[htbp!] + \centering + \includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{2DModes} + \caption[2D Modes due to Measurement Backaction]{} + \label{fig:cavity} +\end{figure} diff --git a/References/references.bib b/References/references.bib index add4bb6..5e0635d 100644 --- a/References/references.bib +++ b/References/references.bib @@ -179,6 +179,17 @@ year={2015}, publisher={Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute} } +@article{caballero2015, + title={Quantum optical lattices for emergent many-body phases of + ultracold atoms}, + author={Caballero-Benitez, Santiago F and Mekhov, Igor B}, + journal={Physical review letters}, + volume={115}, + number={24}, + pages={243604}, + year={2015}, + publisher={APS} +} @article{mazzucchi2016, title = {Quantum measurement-induced dynamics of many-body ultracold bosonic and fermionic systems in optical lattices}, @@ -422,17 +433,6 @@ doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.87.043613}, year={2014}, publisher={Springer} } -@article{caballero2015, - title={Quantum optical lattices for emergent many-body phases of - ultracold atoms}, - author={Caballero-Benitez, Santiago F and Mekhov, Igor B}, - journal={Physical review letters}, - volume={115}, - number={24}, - pages={243604}, - year={2015}, - publisher={APS} -} @article{pedersen2014, author={Mads Kock Pedersen and Jens Jakob W H Sorensen and Malte C Tichy and Jacob F Sherson}, diff --git a/thesis.tex b/thesis.tex index 77d227b..fcdffdb 100644 --- a/thesis.tex +++ b/thesis.tex @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ % ******************************* PhD Thesis Template ************************** % Please have a look at the README.md file for info on how to use the template -\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,times,numbered,print,index]{Classes/PhDThesisPSnPDF} +\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,times,numbered,print,index,chapter]{Classes/PhDThesisPSnPDF} % ****************************************************************************** % ******************************* Class Options ********************************