Engineering non-Markovianity from spectral shaping of bosonic and fermionic baths

Abstract

Non-Markovianity is the property that a physical system's future state depends on its previous dynamical history, namely the system has memory of its past. It is a key resource for quantum technologies but it is difficult to engineer without specific strategies. Here, we show that introducing a band gap in the environmental spectral density of both bosonic and fermionic baths provides a direct route to tuning non-Markovianity over a wide range. We demonstrate this effect by means of numerical simulations across bosonic and fermionic environments and discuss experimental tests of our predictions.