Probabilistic Bounds with Quadratic-Exponential Moments for Quantum Stochastic Systems

Abstract

This paper is concerned with quadratic-exponential moments (QEMs) for dynamic variables of quantum stochastic systems with position-momentum type canonical commutation relations. The QEMs play an important role for statistical “localisation” of the quantum dynamics in the form of upper bounds on the tail probability distribution for a positive definite quadratic function of the system variables. We employ a randomised representation of the QEMs in terms of the moment-generating function (MGF) of the system variables, which is averaged over its parameters using an auxiliary classical Gaussian random vector. This representation is combined with a family of weighted L2-norms of the MGF, leading to upper bounds for the QEMs of the system variables. These bounds are demonstrated for open quantum harmonic oscillators with vacuum input fields and non-Gaussian initial states.