We review our unified optimized approach to the dynamical control of quantum-probe interactions with noisy and complex systems viewed as thermal baths. We show that this control, in conjunction with tools of quantum ...

In this article, we briefly review the dynamical and thermodynamical aspects of different forms of quantum motors and quantum pumps. We then extend previous results to provide new theoretical tools for a systematic study ...

In this work, we developed a general approach to the problem of detecting and quantifying different types of correlations in bipartite quantum systems. Our method is based on the use of distances between quantum states and ...

The degree of non-Markovianity allows one to characterize quantum evolutions that depart from a Markovian regime in a similar way as the Schmidt number measures the degree of entanglement of pure states. Maximally non-Markovian ...

In this paper, the measurement process is described as an interaction between two quantum systems: the system to be measured and the measuring instrument. The time evolution is determined only by the Schrödinger equation, ...

Given an arbitrary measurement over a system of interest, the outcome of a posterior measurement can be used for improving the statistical estimation of the system state after the former measurement. Here, we realize an ...

We set the formalism to study the way in which the choice of canonical equilibrium initial conditions affect the real-time dynamics of quantum disordered models. We use a path integral formulation on a time contour with ...

When quantum systems interact with the environment, classical properties emerge -- a process known as decoherence. Although decoherence is unavoidable, it may still be possible to manipulate the outcome.

A linear quantum Brownian motion model with a general spectral density function is considered. In the framework of the influence functional formalism, a Langevin equation can be introduced to describe the system's fully ...

Unitary control and decoherence appear to be irreconcilable in quantum mechanics. When a quantum system interacts with an environment, control strategies usually fail due to decoherence. In this article we implement a ...