TY - JOUR
T1 - QuTiP 2
T2 - A Python framework for the dynamics of open quantum systems
AU - Johansson, J. R.
AU - Nation, P. D.
AU - Nori, Franco
N1 - Funding Information:
JRJ and PDN were supported by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Foreign Postdoctoral Fellowship No. P11501 and P11202, respectively. PDN also acknowledges support from Kakenhi grant number 2301202 and Korea University. FN acknowledges partial support from the ARO, National Science Foundation (NSF) grant No. 0726909 , Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) , MEXT Kakenhi on Quantum Cybernetics , and the JSPS-FIRST program.
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - We present version 2 of QuTiP, the Quantum Toolbox in Python. Compared to the preceding version [J.R. Johansson, P.D. Nation, F. Nori, Comput. Phys. Commun. 183 (2012) 1760.], we have introduced numerous new features, enhanced performance, and made changes in the Application Programming Interface (API) for improved functionality and consistency within the package, as well as increased compatibility with existing conventions used in other scientific software packages for Python. The most significant new features include efficient solvers for arbitrary time-dependent Hamiltonians and collapse operators, support for the Floquet formalism, and new solvers for Bloch-Redfield and Floquet-Markov master equations. Here we introduce these new features, demonstrate their use, and give a summary of the important backward-incompatible API changes introduced in this version.
AB - We present version 2 of QuTiP, the Quantum Toolbox in Python. Compared to the preceding version [J.R. Johansson, P.D. Nation, F. Nori, Comput. Phys. Commun. 183 (2012) 1760.], we have introduced numerous new features, enhanced performance, and made changes in the Application Programming Interface (API) for improved functionality and consistency within the package, as well as increased compatibility with existing conventions used in other scientific software packages for Python. The most significant new features include efficient solvers for arbitrary time-dependent Hamiltonians and collapse operators, support for the Floquet formalism, and new solvers for Bloch-Redfield and Floquet-Markov master equations. Here we introduce these new features, demonstrate their use, and give a summary of the important backward-incompatible API changes introduced in this version.
KW - Bloch-Redfield
KW - Floquet-Markov
KW - Lindblad
KW - Master equation
KW - Open quantum systems
KW - Python
KW - Quantum Monte Carlo
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cpc.2012.11.019
DO - 10.1016/j.cpc.2012.11.019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84873200902
SN - 0010-4655
VL - 184
SP - 1234
EP - 1240
JO - Computer Physics Communications
JF - Computer Physics Communications
IS - 4
ER -