Interferences in adiabatic transition probabilities mediated by Stokes lines

A. Joye, G. Mileti, and Ch.-Ed. Pfister
Phys. Rev. A 44, 4280 – Published 1 October 1991
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Abstract

We consider the transition probability for two-level quantum-mechanical systems in the adiabatic limit when the Hamiltonian is analytic. We give a general formula for the leading term of the transition probability when it is governed by N complex eigenvalue crossings. This leading term is equal to a decreasing exponential times an oscillating function of the adiabaticity parameter. The oscillating function comes from an interference phenomenon between the contributions from each complex eigenvalue crossing, and when N=1, it reduces to the geometric prefactor recently studied.

  • Received 30 May 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.44.4280

©1991 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. Joye and G. Mileti

  • Département de Physique, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Ch.-Ed. Pfister

  • Département de Mathématiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

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Vol. 44, Iss. 7 — October 1991

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