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Analytically solvable driven time-dependent two-level quantum systems

Quantum Physics 2012-08-08 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Analytical solutions to the time-dependent Schrodinger equation describing a driven two-level system are invaluable to many areas of physics, but they are also extremely rare. Here, we present a simple algorithm that generates an unlimited number of exact analytical solutions. We show that a general single-axis driving term and its corresponding evolution operator are determined by a single real function which is constrained only by a certain inequality and initial conditions. Any function satisfying these constraints yields an exact analytical solution. We demonstrate this method by presenting several new exact solutions to the time-dependent Schrodinger equation. Our general method and many of the new solutions we present are particularly relevant to qubit control in quantum computing applications.

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@article{arxiv.1206.0297,
  title  = {Analytically solvable driven time-dependent two-level quantum systems},
  author = {Edwin Barnes and S. Das Sarma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.0297},
  year   = {2012}
}

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4.5 pages, 4 figures, PRL version

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