Physical Review A

Propagator of the general driven time-dependent oscillator

Chi‐Fai Lo

Published Jan 1, 1993• 39 citations

Abstract

In this paper we generalize Wang's approach [J. Phys. A 20, 5041 (1987)] and investigate the algebraic structure of the Schr\"odinger equation associated with a general driven time-dependent oscillator. Using the Lie-algebraic technique we obtain an exact form of the time-evolution operator which, in turn, enables us to derive the propagator of the system readily. Since the propagator is for the most general time-dependent oscillator, results for any special case can be easily deduced from it. These results will be useful for future studies in quantum optics as well as in atomic and molecular physics.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.47.115

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