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Interferences in adiabatic transition probabilities mediated by Stockes lines
1991
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.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:A1991GK88400029
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Publication date
1991
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Volume
44
Issue
7
Start page
4280
End page
4295
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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