A Modified Frequency Domain Condition for the Physical Realizability of Linear Quantum Stochastic Systems

TL;DR

This paper presents a simplified frequency domain condition for the physical realizability of linear quantum systems, establishing equivalence with transfer function properties and analyzing pole-zero symmetry.

Contribution

It introduces a less restrictive PR condition for linear quantum systems, removing previous spectral assumptions and linking PR to transfer function unitarity and orthogonality.

Findings

PR condition is equivalent to frequency domain $(J,J)$-unitarity.

Poles and zeros are mirror images about the imaginary axis.

Simplified proof without spectral assumptions.

Abstract

This note is concerned with a modified version of the frequency domain physical realizability (PR) condition for linear quantum systems. We consider open quantum systems whose dynamic variables satisfy the canonical commutation relations of an open quantum harmonic oscillator and are governed by linear quantum stochastic differential equations (QSDEs). In order to correspond to physical quantum systems, these QSDEs must satisfy PR conditions. We provide a relatively simple proof that the PR condition is equivalent to the frequency domain $(J,J)$-unitarity of the input-output transfer function and orthogonality of the feedthrough matrix of the system without the technical spectral assumptions required in previous work. We also show that the poles and transmission zeros associated with the transfer function of PR linear quantum systems are the mirror reflections of each other about the imaginary axis. An example is provided to illustrate the results.