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For the examples inProblem 11.24(c) and (d), calculate cm(t)to first order. Check the normalization condition:

m|cmt|2=1,

and comment on any discrepancy. Suppose you wanted to calculate the probability of remaining in the original state N ; would you do better to use |cNt|2,or1-mN|cmt|2 ?

Short Answer

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The probability of remaining in the original state is

cmt=-VmN2eiEm-EN+-1Em-EN++eiEm-EN-t/-1Em-EN-mN

Step by step solution

01

Calculating  cm(t)

For example (c):

cNt=1-iHNN't;cmt=-2iHmN'(Em-ENei(Em-EN)t/2sinEm-EN2tmN

And,

cN2=1+t22HNN'2cm2=4HmN'2Em-EN2sin2Em-EN2t

So,

mcm2=1+t22HNN'2+4mNHmN'Em-EN2sin2Em-EN2t

This is plainly greater than 1! But remember: The c鈥檚 are accurate only to first order in H'; to this order the H'2 terms do not belong. Only if terms of first order appeared in the sum would there be a genuine problem with normalization.

02

Step 2: Calculating the first order

For example (d):

cN=1-iVNN0tcost'dt'=1-iVNNsint'0t;cNt=1-iVNNsintcmt=-VmN2ei(Em-EN+)t/-1Em-EN++eiEm-EN-t/Em-EN-mN

So, cN2=1+VNN22sin2t; and in the rotating wave approximation

cm2=VmN2Em-EN+2sin2Em-EN+2tmN

Again, ostensiblycm2>1, but the \extra鈥 terms are of second order in, and hence do not belong (to first order). You would do better to use1-mNcm2Schematically:

cm=a1H+a2H2+,cm2=a12H2+2a1a2H3+,whereascN=1+b1H+b2H2+,cN2=1+2b1H+2b2+b12H2+

Thus knowing cm to first order (i.e., knowing ) gets you cm2 to second order, but knowing cN to first order (i.e.b1 ) does not get you cN2 o second order (you鈥檇 also need b2. It is precisely this term that would cancel the 鈥渆xtra鈥 (second-order) terms in the calculations of cm2above.. .

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You could derive the spontaneous emission rate (Equation 11.63) without the detour through Einstein鈥檚 A and B coefficients if you knew the ground state energy density of the electromagnetic field P0()for then it would simply be a case of stimulated emission (Equation 11.54). To do this honestly would require quantum electrodynamics, but if you are prepared to believe that the ground state consists of one photon in each classical mode, then the derivation is very simple:

(a) Replace Equation 5.111by localid="1658381580036" N0=dkand deduce P0() (Presumably this formula breaks down at high frequency, else the total "vacuum energy" would be infinite ... but that's a story for a different day.)

(b) Use your result, together with Equation 9.47, to obtain the spontaneous emission rate. Compare Equation 9.56.

Suppose you don鈥檛 assume Haa=Hbb=0

(a) Find ca(t)and cb(t) in first-order perturbation theory, for the case

.show that , to first order in .

(b) There is a nicer way to handle this problem. Let

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Show that

where

So the equations for are identical in structure to Equation 11.17 (with an extra

(c) Use the method in part (b) to obtain in first-order
perturbation theory, and compare your answer to (a). Comment on any discrepancies.

In Equation 9.31 assumed that the atom is so small (in comparison to the wavelength of light) that spatial variations in the field can be ignored. The true electric field would be E(r,t)=E0cos(kr蝇t).

If the atom is centered at the origin, thenkr1 over the relevant volume,|k|=2/ sokr~r/1) and that's why we could afford to drop this term. Suppose we keep the first-order correction:

E(r,t)=E0[cos(t)+(kr)sin(t)].

The first term gives rise to the allowed (electric dipole) transitions we considered in the text; the second leads to so-called forbidden (magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole) transitions (higher powers of k.rlead to even more "forbidden" transitions, associated with higher multipole moments).

(a) Obtain the spontaneous emission rate for forbidden transitions (don't bother to average over polarization and propagation directions, though this should really be done to complete the calculation). Answer:role="math" localid="1659008133999" Rba=q250c5|a|(n^r)(k^r)|b|2.

(b) Show that for a one-dimensional oscillator the forbidden transitions go from leveln to levelrole="math" localid="1659008239387" n-2 and the transition rate (suitably averaged over n^andk^) isR=q23n(n1)15蟺系0m2c5.

(Note: Here is the frequency of the photon, not the oscillator.) Find the ratio of the "forbidden" rate to the "allowed" rate, and comment on the terminology.

(c) Show that the2S1S transition in hydrogen is not possible even by a "forbidden" transition. (As it turns out, this is true for all the higher multipoles as well; the dominant decay is in fact by two-photon emission, and the lifetime it is about a tenth of a second

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(a) Solve for the exact cm(t), using Equation 11.116, and show that the wave function changes phase, but no transitions occur. Find the phase change, role="math" localid="1658378247097" (T), in terms of the function V0(t)

(b) Analyze the same problem in first-order perturbation theory, and compare your answers. Compare your answers.
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