Eigenvalues of the Liouvillians of Quantum Master Equation for a Harmonic Oscillator

Abstract

The eigenvalues of the Liouvillians of Markovian master equation for a harmonic oscillator have a generic form. The Liouvillians considered are quadratic in the position coordinates or creation and annihilation operators, as well as having positive renormalized frequencies. We prove this by showing that a generic Liouvillian of this form can be similarly related to the Liouvillian of the Kossakowski--Lindblad equation, whose eigenvalues are already known. The left and right eigenfunctions of the generic Liouvillian also form a complete and biorthogonal set. Examples of similarly related right eigenfunctions are given.