Counting statistics of non-Markovian quantum stochastic processes

Phys Rev Lett. 2008 Apr 18;100(15):150601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.150601. Epub 2008 Apr 17.

Abstract

We derive a general expression for the cumulant generating function (CGF) of non-Markovian quantum stochastic transport processes. The long-time limit of the CGF is determined by a single dominating pole of the resolvent of the memory kernel from which we extract the zero-frequency cumulants of the current using a recursive scheme. The finite-frequency noise is expressed not only in terms of the resolvent, but also initial system-environment correlations. As an illustrative example we consider electron transport through a dissipative double quantum dot for which we study the effects of dissipation on the zero-frequency cumulants of high orders and the finite-frequency noise.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Markov Chains
  • Models, Statistical*
  • Quantum Theory*
  • Stochastic Processes*