Quantum-optical phenomena in nanophysics - 10: Lindblad master equations

Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: Lecture 10 17.5.2013 (continued) Entanglement; 3. The measurement process; 3.1 Basic features (Stern-Gerlach example, "quantum eraser", irreversibility, example of photon-detection in the human eye)   (continued with Lindblad equations) Application to harmonic oscillator. Pure dephasing. Bloch equations for a dissipative two-level system. T1 and T2 times. Expression of decay rates via quantum noise spectra. Some comments on the general structure of Lindblad master equations, especially for numerical solutions.