Non-Markovian quantum dynamics from symmetric measurements

Abstract

We use symmetric measurement operators to construct quantum channels that provide a further generalization of generalized Pauli channels. The resulting maps are bistochastic but in general no longer mixed unitary. We analyze their important properties, such as complete positivity and the ability to break quantum entanglement. In the main part, we consider the corresponding open quantum systems dynamics with time-local generators. From divisibility properties of dynamical maps, we derive sufficient Markovianity and non-Markovianity conditions. As instructive examples, we present the generators of P-divisible generalized Pauli dynamical maps that allow for more negativity in the decoherence rates.