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The stochastic Liouville–von Neumann equation provides an exact numerical simulation strategy for quantum systems interacting with Gaussian reservoirs [J.T. Stockburger, H. Grabert, PRL 88, 170407 (2002)]. Its scaling with the extension of the time interval covered has recently improved dramatically through time-domain projection techniques [J.T. Stockburger, EPL 115, 40010 (2016)]. Here, we present a sampling strategy which results in a significantly improved scaling with the strength of the dissipative interaction, based on reducing the non-unitary terms in sample propagation through convex optimization techniques.
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Schmitz, K., Stockburger, J.T. A variance reduction technique for the stochastic Liouville–von Neumann equation. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 227, 1929–1937 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2018-800094-y
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