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Physical Review A

Comment on the quasienergy of a two-level system in a monochromatic field

Wilhelm Becker

Published Oct 1, 1978• 3 citations
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Abstract

The continued-fraction equation which determines the quasienergy of a two-level system in an external monochromatic field is derived by a simple semiclassical argument. The perturbation expansion of the quasienergy is extended to tenth order in the coupling constant.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.18.1748

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