Lecture 11 Semi Classical 2-level system (Light-Atom interaction): Rabi & Bloch; atom, QD & NMR
Today’s Plan Review 2-level system (Schordinger eq, Rabi, Bloch) [FQ Chap 9; Blasing lecture 12] Application to NMR [FQ Appendix E] NMR/spin picture to understand 2-level system (Schordinger eq, Rabi etc) in Pauli matrices [after rotating frame transformation]
Dipole transition TDSE in c1,c2:
Weak Field Limit/Einstein Coefficients 1~ ~0 RWA
Arbitrary/Strong Field –Rabi Flop resonant TDSE with RWA (resonant Rabi osci/flop) Non-resonant Rabi oscillation (reduced amplitude) [not able to completely flop/drive to excited state] |c1|2=1-|c2|2 (non-resonant Rabi frequency)
Damped Rabi oscillation Large t behavior: (small ) Connects to weak field/Einstein ~t (small t) (resonant & moderate damping [cf.Loudon])
2-level (Rabi) on Bloch Sphere (“rotating frame”) (“pulse area”/rotation angle) 1-qubit operation “pi-pulse” “pi/2-pulse”
Experimental optical 2-level Rabi Atom (Mollow triplet)
Experimental optical 2-level Rabi Quantum Dot (artificial atom)
Experimental optical 2-level Rabi Quantum Dot (artificial atom)
(L~ )
Larmor Precession
(NMR) Rotating Frame (Rabi oscillation)
(NMR) Bloch Equation Optical analogue: optical Bloch equation
Pauli Matrices (spin-1/2) Bx By Bz Simplest way to understand 2-level TDSE (after rotating frame)
Dressed State Adiabatic passage (Landau Zener transition) Read Chap 5 in Steck book: http://atomoptics.uoregon.edu/~dsteck/teaching/quantum-optics/
Experimental optical 2-level Rabi Atom (Mollow triplet)