Two-qubit quantum collision model: non-Markovianity and nonclassicality
Phys. Rev. A 113, 012225 – Published 26 January, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/8rtv-ftrr
Abstract
We investigate a two-qubit quantum system in contact with an environment modeled by a microscopic collision model with added ancilla-ancilla collisions in the non-Markovian regime. Two schemes of the two-qubit collision model with carried-forward correlations are introduced. In one scheme, a single stream of ancillae interacts with only one of the qubits of the two-qubit system; in the other, both the qubits interact with two independent sequences of ancillae, which could be at the same or different temperatures. The system's non-Markovian evolution is examined using the trace distance measure, and the nonclassicality of the system is studied using the Wigner function, nonclassical volume, and concurrence. Also, interesting steady-state behavior is observed when both the independent ancillae are kept at the same temperature.
