International Workshop on ''Atomic Physics''

November 23 – 27, 2015

Poster Presentation


Controllable Markovian to non-Markovian transition in open quantum systems
implemented with cold Rydberg atoms

Michael Genkin
mpipks Dresden


We propose a setup of an open quantum system in which the system-environment-interaction
can be switched from Markovian to non-Markovian in a controlled fashion. The scheme is
implemented with cold Rydberg atoms, utilizing their strong long-range interactions. It helps to
assess the applicability of Rydberg aggregates as quantum simulators of molecular systems,
and presents a possible new test bench for fundamental studies of the classification of
system-environment-interactions in open systems.