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A new perturbative expansion of the time evolution operator associated with a quantum system

Quantum Physics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

A novel expansion of the evolution operator associated with a -- in general, time-dependent -- perturbed quantum Hamiltonian is presented. It is shown that it has a wide range of possible realizations that can be fitted according to computational convenience or to satisfy specific requirements. As a remarkable example, the quantum Hamiltonian describing a laser-driven trapped ion is studied in detail.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0508017,
  title  = {A new perturbative expansion of the time evolution operator associated with a quantum system},
  author = {Paolo Aniello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0508017},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

32 pages; modified version with examples of my previous paper quant-ph/0404056; to appear on the J. of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics, Special Issue on 'Optics and Squeeze Transformations after Einstein'