Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2009/iii/paper-52/3/c/solution

Take the driving and feedback strengths to be real, so the feedback Quantum Hamiltonian is Hermitian. The lowering operator satisfies . Using the supplied convention for ,
The additional Quantum Hamiltonian term is consequently
With no drift Quantum Hamiltonian, the total Quantum Hamiltonian is just . The feedback-modified Lindblad operator is
Substitution into the measurement-feedback equation gives
Thus the feedback affects the Lindblad dissipator even though its extra coherent Quantum Hamiltonian contribution cancels. This is a concrete mechanism of Markovian reservoir engineering, rather than merely a classical control force added to an unchanged dissipative equation.

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