A comparative study on different non-Hermitian approaches for modeling open quantum systems

Abstract

In this paper, we test and compare the performance of two different theoretical methods that use anti-Hermitian terms for modeling open quantum systems. It is, the non-Hermitian quantum mechanics method (NHQM) and the recent methodology known as corrected non-Hermitian effective Hamiltonian (corrected NHEH) approach. In particular, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the performance of these two theoretical approaches by describing the dynamics of the pumped-dissipative Jaynes--Cummings model. Our results demonstrate that whereas the NHQM method fails for describing correctly the time evolution of the density matrix elements as well as the quantum fidelity measure. The corrected NHEH approach shows an excellent agreement with simulations based on the Lindblad master equation formalism.