Problem in Time Dependent Perturbation theory: Magnetic Resonance
Consider the Hamiltonian
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where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle E_{2}>E_{1}}
, and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \gamma}
and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \omega}
are real and positive. At the time Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t=0}
assume thatthe lower energy level is populated, i.e. the probability for the level 1 is one and the one for level 2 is zero.
(a) Assuming that the wavefuction of the system is given by
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(b) Solve the coupled differential equations obtained in (a). For this purporse reduce the coupled equations to a single second order differential equation for Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle a_{1}}
. The solutions are of the form Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle a_{j}(t)=C_{j}e^{i\lambda_{+}t}+D_{j}e^{i\lambda_{-}t},\ j=1,2}
. Obtain the frequenciesFailed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lambda_{+}}
and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lambda_{-}}
.
(c) Determine the coefficients Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{1}}
, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{2}}
,
and
using the initial conditions spedified above. Note that the coefficients are not all independent(
and
satisfy differential equations).
(d) Obtain the time-dependent probabilities of finding the system in level 1 and in level 2.
(e) Consider the amplitude of the probability of finding the system in state 2 as a function of
. What is the resonance condition? Obtain the full width at half maximum of the resonance.
Solution:
(a)
and
are orthogonal
(b)
hence