Consider a two-level system with E 1 2. There is a time-dependent potential that connects the two

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Consider a two-level system with E1 2. There is a time-dependent potential that connects the two levels as follows:image

At t = 0, it is known that only the lower level is populated-that is, c1(0) = 1, c2(0) = 0.

(a) Findimage

by exactly solving the coupled differential equationimage

(b) Do the same problem using time-dependent perturbation theory to lowest nonvanishing order. Compare the two approaches for small values of λ. Treat the following two cases separately: 

(i) ω very different from ω21 and 

(ii) ω close to ω21·


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Modern Quantum Mechanics

ISBN: 9780805382914

2nd Edition

Authors: J. J. Sakurai, Jim J. Napolitano

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