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Suppose the perturbation takes the form of a delta function (in time):

H^'=U^(t);

Assume thatUaa=Ubb=0,andletUab=Uba+=if ca(-)=1and cb(-)=0,

find ca(t)andcb(t),and check that lc(t)l2+lcb(t)l2=1. What is the net probability(Pabfort) that a transition occurs? Hint: You might want to treat the delta function as the limit of a sequence of rectangles.

Answer:Pab=sin2(||lh)

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ca(t)=1,t<0cos(lh),t<0,cb(t)=0,t<0-i+sin(lh),t>0,Pab=b2=sin(lh),

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01

Concept.

Suppose the perturbation takes the form of a delta function (in time):

H+=U(t)

Where perturbation to the Hamiltonian in a two state system is switched on at r = 0 and then off again at some later time t=l-. The safest approach is to represent the delta function as:

H'={U\l-0<t<l-0otherwise

02

Finding  ca(t) and cb(t)

ca(-)=1=-+ei(0-)/2A[(+0)+(-0)]=-2+/*e(i(0-)/2)A,soA.=-+2ei(0-)/2ca(t)=12e-i0(t+)/2)[(+0)ei(t+)/2+(-0)e-i(t+)/2]=e-i0(t+)/2cos(t+)2+i0sin(t+)2cb(t)=-+2ei0(t-)/2ei0(t+)/2)-e-i0(t+)/2)=-i+ei0(t+)/2)sin(t+)2.This is a tricky problem, and I thank Prof. Onuttom Narayan for showing me the correct solution. The safest approach is to represent the delta function as a sequence of rectangles:

0(t)={(1/2),-<t<0,otherwise}

Then Eq.11.17

t<-:ca(t)=1,cb(t)=0t>:ca(t)=a,cb(t)=b-<t<:ca=-i2he-i0tcbcb=-i2he-i0tcaca=-ihHab'e-0tcb,ca=-ihHba'e-0tcb,(11.17)

In the interval -<t<

d2cbdt2=-i+2hi0ei0tca+ei0ti+2he-i0tcb=-i+2hi0i2h+dcbdt-i2hcb=i0dcadt-2(2h)2cb

Thus cbsatisfies a homogeneous linear differential equation with constant coefficients:

d2cbdt2-i0

Try a solution of the form cb(t)=et

2-i0+2(2h)2=0=i0i02-2/h22or=i蝇02i蝇2,wherei蝇02-2/h2.

The general solution is

cb(t)=ei0t/2(Aei0t/2+Bei0t/2)Butcb(-)=0Aei蝇0t/2+Bei蝇0t/2=0B=-Aei蝇0So,cb(t)=Aei蝇0t/2(ei蝇0t/2-e-i蝇(+t/2))

Meanwhile

localid="1655973144761" ca(t)=2ih+e-i0tca=2ih+e-i0t/2Ai02(eit/2-e-i(i0t/2))+i2(eit/2-e-i(i0t/2))=-h+e-i0t/2A(+0)eit/2+(-0)e-it/2

But

ca(-)=1=-+ei(0-)/2A[(+0)+(-0)]=-2+/*e(i(0-)/2)A,soA.=-+2ei(0-)/2ca(t)=12e-i0(t+)/2)[(+0)ei(t+)/2+(-0)e-i(t+)/2]=e-i0(t+)/2cos(t+)2+i0sin(t+)2cb(t)=-+2ei0(t-)/2ei0(t+)/2)-e-i0(t+)/2)=-i+ei0(t+)/2)sin(t+)2.

Thus

localid="1655977472500" =c()=e-i0cos+i0sin,b=cb()=-i+hsinThisisfortherectangularpulse;itremainstotakethelimit0;/hsocosh+i0hsinhcosh,b-颈伪+sinhandweconcludethatforthedeltafunctionca(t)=1,t<0cos(/h),t>0;cb(t)=0,t<0-i+sin(/h),t>0Obviously,|ca(t)|2+|cb(t)|2=1inbothtimeperiods.FinallyPab=b2=sin2(/h)

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Calculate ca(t)andcb(t), to second order, for a time-independent perturbation in Problem 9.2. Compare your answer with the exact result.

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

.

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.

A particle starts out (at time t=0 ) in the Nth state of the infinite square well. Now the 鈥渇loor鈥 of the well rises temporarily (maybe water leaks in, and then drains out again), so that the potential inside is uniform but time dependent:V0(t),withV0(0)=V0(T)=0.

(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.
Comment: The same result holds whenever the perturbation simply adds a constant (constant in x, that is, not in to the potential; it has nothing to do with the infinite square well, as such. Compare Problem 1.8.

Solve Equation 9.13 for the case of a time-independent perturbation, assumingthatandcheck that

. Comment: Ostensibly, this system oscillates between 鈥溾 Doesn鈥檛 this contradict my general assertion that no transitions occur for time-independent perturbations? No, but the reason is rather subtle: In this are not, and never were, Eigen states of the Hamiltonian鈥攁 measurement of the energy never yields. In time-dependent perturbation theory we typically contemplate turning on the perturbation for a while, and then turning it off again, in order to examine the system. At the beginning, and at the end,are Eigen states of the exact Hamiltonian, and only in this context does it make sense to say that the system underwent a transition from one to the other. For the present problem, then, assume that the perturbation was turned on at time t = 0, and off again at time T 鈥攖his doesn鈥檛 affect the calculations, but it allows for a more sensible interpretation of the result.

ca=-ihHabeigtcb,cb=-ihHbaeigtca 鈥(9.13).

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.

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