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Enhancing non-Markovianity by quantum feedback control

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Manipulation of non-Markovian dynamics of open quantum systems has become an important topic in the field of quantum information since quantum non-Markovianity has been proved to be a potential quantum resource. Here, focusing on a simple yet well-known model of a two-level system coupled to bosonic fields, we study how to control the non-Markovian dynamics of an open quantum system using quantum-jump-based feedback control. Numerical simulations show that the quantum-jump-based feedback control can be used to enhance the measure of non-Markovianity. We find that the non-Markovianity can further be optimized by choosing appropriate feedback amplitude. These results may trigger potential applications in exploring non-Markovian effect for future quantum technology and quantum memory.

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This work was supported by NSF-China under Grant Nos. 11904071, 11374085, the Key Program of the Education Department of Anhui Province under Grant Nos. KJ2017A922, KJ2019A0725, the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1908085QA40, 1708085MA12, 1708085MA10, the discipline top-notch talents Foundation of Anhui Provincial Universities under Grants Nos.gxbjZD2017024, gxbjZD2016078, the Anhui Provincial Candidates for academic and technical leaders Foundation under Grant No. 2019H208.

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Zong, XL., Song, W., Yang, M. et al. Enhancing non-Markovianity by quantum feedback control. Quantum Inf Process 19, 131 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-020-02629-1

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