Memory dimension detection in open quantum dynamics via pseudo-control
Abstract
Characterising open quantum dynamics requires identifying the environmental degrees of freedom that shape the system's evolution. The memory dimension, defined as the size of the smallest effective memory needed to reproduce this influence, quantifies the dynamically relevant environmental resources and provides a common basis for comparing different many-body environments. Here we introduce a pseudo-control protocol that encodes information about the memory dimension in an experimentally accessible interference matrix, whose rank certifies a lower bound on this dimension without direct access to the environment or full process-tensor tomography. Applied to quantum many-body environments, the protocol allows flexible adjustment of the interaction and interval times, revealing how these parameters, environmental dynamics, and system-environment interactions shape detectable memory. Our approach provides a new operational technique for characterising open quantum dynamics and probing the structure of system-environment interactions through their memory signatures.
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BibTeX
@misc{liu2026memory,
title = {{Memory dimension detection in open quantum dynamics via pseudo-control}},
author = {Chang Liu and Alexander Yosifov and Ximing Wang and Zhenhuan Liu and Jinzhao Sun},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.40281},
eprint = {2609.40281},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.40281},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Memory dimension detection in open quantum dynamics via pseudo-control
AU - Chang Liu
AU - Alexander Yosifov
AU - Ximing Wang
AU - Zhenhuan Liu
AU - Jinzhao Sun
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/30
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.40281
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.40281
AB - Characterising open quantum dynamics requires identifying the environmental degrees of freedom that shape the system's evolution. The memory dimension, defined as the size of the smallest effective memory needed to reproduce this influence, quantifies the dynamically relevant environmental resources and provides a common basis for comparing different many-body environments. Here we introduce a pseudo-control protocol that encodes information about the memory dimension in an experimentally accessible interference matrix, whose rank certifies a lower bound on this dimension without direct access to the environment or full process-tensor tomography. Applied to quantum many-body environments, the protocol allows flexible adjustment of the interaction and interval times, revealing how these parameters, environmental dynamics, and system-environment interactions shape detectable memory. Our approach provides a new operational technique for characterising open quantum dynamics and probing the structure of system-environment interactions through their memory signatures.
ER -