The first term in Equation 9.25 comes from the ${\mathit{e}}^{\mathbf{i}\mathbf{\omega }\mathbf{t}}\mathbf{/}\mathbf{2}$, and the second from $e^{-i\omega t}/2.$. Thus dropping the first term is formally equivalent to writing $\hat{H}=(V/2)e^{-i\omega t}$, which is to say,

$\begin{array}{l}{c}_b\left(l\right)-\frac{i}{h}{v}_{ba}{\int }_0^{t}cos\left(\omega t^{\text{'}}\right)e^{i{\omega }_0{t}^{\text{'}}}d{t}^{\text{'}}=-\frac{i{V}_{ba}}{2\sout{h}}{\int }_0^t\left[e^{j({\omega }_0+\omega )t^{\text{'}}}+e^{j({\omega }_0-\omega )t^{\text{'}}}\right]d{t}^{\text{'}}\\ =--\frac{i{V}_{ba}}{2\sout{h}}\left[\frac{e^{j({\omega }_0+\omega )t^{\text{'}}}-1}{{\omega }_0+\omega }+\frac{e^{j({\omega }_0-\omega )t^{\text{'}}}-1}{{\omega }_0-\omega }\right]\mathbf{}\mathbf{(}\mathbf{9}\mathbf{.}\mathbf{25}\mathbf{)}\mathbf{.}\\ H_{ba}^{\text{'}}=\frac{V_{ba}}{2}{e}^{-i\omega t},H_{ab}^{\text{'}}=\frac{V_{ab}}{2}{e}^{i\omega t}\mathbf{}\mathbf{}\mathbf{(}\mathbf{9}\mathbf{.}\mathbf{29}\mathbf{)}\mathbf{.}\end{array}$

(The latter is required to make the Hamiltonian matrix hermitian—or, if you prefer, to pick out the dominant term in the formula analogous to Equation 9.25 for$c_a\left(t\right)$. ) Rabi noticed that if you make this so-called rotating wave approximation at the beginning of the calculation, Equation 9.13 can be solved exactly, with no need for perturbation theory, and no assumption about the strength of the field.

${\stackrel{.}{c}}_a=-\frac{i}{\sout{h}}{H}_{ab}^{\text{'}}{e}^{-i{\omega }_{0}t}{c}_b,{\stackrel{.}{c}}_b=-\frac{i}{\sout{h}}{H}_{ba}^{\text{'}}{e}^{-i{\omega }_{0}t}{c}_a,$

(a) Solve Equation 9.13 in the rotating wave approximation (Equation 9.29), for the usual initial conditions: $c_a\left(0\right)=1,c_b\left(0\right)=0$. Express your results $\left({\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{a}}\right(\mathrm{t})\mathbf{and}{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}(\mathrm{t}\left)\right)$in terms of the Rabi flopping frequency,

${\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}=\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{{(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)}^2+{(\left|{\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{ab}}\right|/\sout{\mathrm{h}})}^2}$ (9.30).

(b) Determine the transition probability,$P_{a\to b}\left(t\right)$, and show that it never exceeds 1. Confirm that.

${\left|c_a\left(t\right)\right|}^2+{\left|c_b\left(t\right)\right|}^2=1.$

(c) Check that $P_{a\to b}\left(t\right)$reduces to the perturbation theory result (Equation 9.28) when the perturbation is “small,” and state precisely what small means in this context, as a constraint on V.

$P_{a\to b}\left(t\right)={\left|c_b\left(t\right)\right|}^2\approx \frac{{\left|V_{ab}\right|}^2}{\sout{h}}\frac{si{n}^2\left[\left({\omega }_0-\omega \right)t/2\right]}{{\left({\omega }_0-\omega \right)}^2}\mathbf{(}\mathbf{9}\mathbf{.}\mathbf{28}\mathbf{)}$

(d) At what time does the system first return to its initial state?

$\stackrel{}{c_a=-\frac{i}{2\sout{h}}}{V}_{ab}{e}^{i\omega t}{e}^{-i{\omega }_{0}t}{c}_b;\stackrel{.}{c_b}=-\frac{i}{2\sout{h}}{V}_{ba}{e}^{-i\omega t}{e}^{-i{\omega }_{0}t}{c}_a$

Differentiate the latter, and substitute in the former:

$$\begin{gathered} C_b=-i\frac{V_{ba}}{2\sout{h}}\left[i({\omega }_0-\omega )e^{i({\omega }_0-\omega )t}{c}_a+e^{i({\omega }_0-\omega )t}\dot{c_a}\right] \\ =i({\omega }_0-\omega )\left[-i\frac{V_{ba}}{2\sout{h}}{e}^{i({\omega }_0-\omega )t}{c}_a\right]-i\frac{V_{ab}}{2\sout{h}}{e}^{i({\omega }_0-\omega )t}\left[-i\frac{V_{ab}}{2\sout{h}}{e}^{i({\omega }_0-\omega )t}{c}_b\right]=i({\omega }_0-\omega )\dot{c_b}-\frac{{\left|V_{ab}\right|}^2}{{\left(2\sout{h}\right)}^2}{c}_b. \\ \frac{d^2{c}_b}{d{t}^2}+i(\omega -{\omega }_0)\frac{d{c}_b}{dt}+\frac{{\left|V_{ab}\right|}^2}{{\left(2\sout{h}\right)}^2}{c}_b=0.\mathrm{Soluation}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{form}{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}={\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{\lambda t}}:{\mathrm{\lambda }}^2+\mathrm{i}({\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega })\mathrm{\lambda }+\frac{{\left|{\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{ab}}\right|}^2}{4{\sout{\mathrm{h}}}^2} \\ \mathrm{\lambda }=\frac{1}{2}\left[-\mathrm{i}(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)\pm \sqrt{-{(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)}^2-\frac{\left|\mathrm{V}\right|}{}}\right] \end{gathered}$$_ab²h²=i-(ω-ω0)2±ωr,withωr.Generalsoluation:cb(t)=Aei(ω-ω0)2+ωrt+Bei(ω-ω0)2+ωrt=e-i(ω-ω0)t/2Aeiωrt+Be-iωrt,or,moreconveniently:cb(t)=e-i(ω-ω0)t/2Ccos(ωrt)+Dsin(ωrt).Butcb(0)=0soC=0cb(t)=Dei(ω0-ω)t/2sin(ωrt).cb=Diω0-ω2ei(ω0-ω)t/2sin˙uncaught exception: Invalid chunk

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$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{conveniently}:{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)={\mathrm{e}}^{-\mathrm{i}(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)\mathrm{t}/2}\left[\mathrm{C}\cos \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)+\mathrm{D}\sin \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)\right].\mathrm{But}{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}\left(0\right)=0\mathrm{so}\mathrm{C}=0 \\ {\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)={\mathrm{De}}^{\mathrm{i}({\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega })\mathrm{t}/2}\sin \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right).\dot{{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}=\mathrm{D}\left[\mathrm{i}\left(\frac{{\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega }}{2}\right){\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{i}({\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega })\mathrm{t}/2}\sin \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)+{\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}{\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{i}(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)\mathrm{t}/2}\cos \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)\right]} \\ {\mathrm{c}}_a\left(\mathrm{t}\right)=i\frac{2\sout{h}}{V_{ba}}{e}^{\mathrm{i}({\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega })\mathrm{t}}\dot{c_b=}i\frac{2\sout{h}}{V_{ba}}{e}^{\mathrm{i}({\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega })\mathrm{t}/2}D\left[\mathrm{i}\left(\frac{{\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega }}{2}\right)\sin \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)+{\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\cos \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)\right].\mathrm{But}{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{a}} \\ 1=\mathrm{i}\frac{2\sout{\mathrm{h}}}{{\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{ba}}}{\mathrm{D\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}},\mathrm{or}\mathrm{D}=\frac{-{\mathrm{iV}}_{\mathrm{ba}}}{2\sout{\mathrm{h}}{\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}} \\ {\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)=-\frac{\mathrm{i}}{2\sout{\mathrm{h}}{\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}}{\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{ba}}{\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{i}({\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega })\mathrm{t}/2}\sin \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right),{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{a}}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)={\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{i}(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)\mathrm{t}/2}\left[\cos \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)+\mathrm{i}\left(\frac{{\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega }}{2}\right)\sin \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)\right]. \end{gathered}$$

$$\begin{gathered} C_b=-i\frac{V_{ba}}{2\sout{h}}\left[i({\omega }_0-\omega )e^{i({\omega }_0-\omega )t}{c}_a+e^{i({\omega }_0-\omega )t}\dot{c_a}\right] \\ =i({\omega }_0-\omega )\left[-i\frac{V_{ba}}{2\sout{h}}{e}^{i({\omega }_0-\omega )t}{c}_a\right]-i\frac{V_{ab}}{2\sout{h}}{e}^{i({\omega }_0-\omega )t}\left[-i\frac{V_{ab}}{2\sout{h}}{e}^{i({\omega }_0-\omega )t}{c}_b\right]=i({\omega }_0-\omega )\dot{c_b}-\frac{{\left|V_{ab}\right|}^2}{{\left(2\sout{h}\right)}^2}{c}_b. \\ \frac{d^2{c}_b}{d{t}^2}+i(\omega -{\omega }_0)\frac{d{c}_b}{dt}+\frac{{\left|V_{ab}\right|}^2}{{\left(2\sout{h}\right)}^2}{c}_b=0.\mathrm{Soluation}\mathrm{of}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{form}{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}={\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{\lambda t}}:{\mathrm{\lambda }}^2+\mathrm{i}({\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega })\mathrm{\lambda }+\frac{{\left|{\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{ab}}\right|}^2}{4{\sout{\mathrm{h}}}^2} \\ \mathrm{\lambda }=\frac{1}{2}\left[-\mathrm{i}(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)\pm \sqrt{-{(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)}^2-\frac{{\left|{\mathrm{V}}_{\mathrm{ab}}\right|}^2}{{\sout{\mathrm{h}}}^2}}\right]=\mathrm{i}\left[-\frac{(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)}{2}\pm {\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\right],\mathrm{with}{\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}. \\ \mathrm{General}\mathrm{soluation}:{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)={\mathrm{Ae}}^{\mathrm{i}\left[\frac{(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)}{2}+{\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\right]\mathrm{t}}+{\mathrm{Be}}^{\mathrm{i}\left[\frac{(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)}{2}+{\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\right]\mathrm{t}}={\mathrm{e}}^{-\mathrm{i}(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)\mathrm{t}/2}\left[{\mathrm{Ae}}^{{\mathrm{i\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}}+{\mathrm{Be}}^{-{\mathrm{i\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}}\right], \\ \mathrm{or},\mathrm{more} \\ \mathrm{conveniently}:{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)={\mathrm{e}}^{-\mathrm{i}(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)\mathrm{t}/2}\left[\mathrm{C}\cos \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)+\mathrm{D}\sin \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)\right].\mathrm{But}{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}\left(0\right)=0\mathrm{so}\mathrm{C}=0 \\ {\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}\left(\mathrm{t}\right)={\mathrm{De}}^{\mathrm{i}({\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega })\mathrm{t}/2}\sin \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right).\dot{{\mathrm{c}}_{\mathrm{b}}=\mathrm{D}\left[\mathrm{i}\left(\frac{{\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega }}{2}\right){\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{i}({\mathrm{\omega }}_0-\mathrm{\omega })\mathrm{t}/2}\sin \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)+{\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}{\mathrm{e}}^{\mathrm{i}(\mathrm{\omega }-{\mathrm{\omega }}_0)\mathrm{t}/2}\cos \left({\mathrm{\omega }}_{\mathrm{r}}\mathrm{t}\right)\right]} \end{gathered}$$uncaught exception: Invalid chunk

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$$\begin{gathered} {\left|V_{ab}\right|}^2\times \sout{h^2}{(\omega -{\omega }_0)}^2,then{\omega }_r\approx \frac{1}{2}\left|\omega -{\omega }_0\right|, \\ and{P}_{a\to b}\approx \frac{{\left|V_{ab}\right|}^2}{{\sout{h}}^2}\frac{{\sin }^2\left({\displaystyle \frac{\omega -{\omega }_0}{2}}t\right)}{{(\omega -{\omega }_0)}^2} \\ {P}_{a\to b}\left(t\right)={\left|c_b\left(t\right)\right|}^2\approx \frac{{\left|V_{ab}\right|}^2}{{\sout{h}}^2}\frac{{\sin }^2\left[\left(\omega -{\omega }_0)t/2\right)\right]}{{(\omega -{\omega }_0)}^2} \end{gathered}$$

${\omega }_{r}t=\pi \Rightarrow t=\pi /{\omega }_r.$