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Annals of Physics

Analytical solutions to asymmetric two-photon quantum Rabi model and its exceptional spectrum

Marzieh Baradaran, Luis Miguel Nieto, S. Zarrinkamar

Published Jul 14, 2026• 0 citations
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Within the Segal-Bargmann representation, a generalized Rabi model is considered that includes both two-photon and asymmetric (bias) terms. It is shown that, through a suitable transformation, exact solutions can be obtained using the Bethe ansatz approach. Applying this approach to the meromorphic structure of the resulting fourth-order differential equation, arbitrary-state analytical solutions of the problem are presented for restricted values of parameters. Thereby, the exceptional spectrum of the qubit system is obtained. These exceptional points in the spectrum are of great experimental importance and directly associated with enhanced sensitivity and nontrivial dynamical behavior of the system since in the vicinity of these special parameter values, eigenstates become highly structured, making observables extremely sensitive to small changes in coupling or bias, an important feature for precise quantum control.

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10.1016/j.aop.2026.170616

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Within the Segal-Bargmann representation, a generalized Rabi model is considered that includes both two-photon and asymmetric (bias) terms. It is shown that, through a suitable transformation, exact solutions can be obtained using the Bethe ansatz approach. Applying this approach to the meromorphic structure of the resulting fourth-order differential equation, arbitrary-state analytical solutions of the problem are presented for restricted values of parameters. Thereby, the exceptional spectrum of the qubit system is obtained. These exceptional points in the spectrum are of great experimental importance and directly associated with enhanced sensitivity and nontrivial dynamical behavior of the system since in the vicinity of these special parameter values, eigenstates become highly structured, making observables extremely sensitive to small changes in coupling or bias, an important feature for precise quantum control.
Within the Segal-Bargmann representation, a generalized Rabi model is considered that includes both two-photon and asymmetric terms. It is shown that, through a suitable transformation, nearly exact solutions can be obtained using the Bethe ansatz approach. Applying this approach to the meromorphic structure of the resulting differential equation, solutions in exact analytical form of the fourth-order problem are presented for both an arbitrary state and for the restriction between the parameters.
We have studied the two-qubit quantum Rabi model in the asymmetric case and its generalizations with dipole and Heisenberg-type qubit-qubit interactions. The solutions are obtained analytically with eigenstates given in terms of the extended coherent states or photon number states. For identical qubit-photon couplings, a novel type of quasi-exact solution which exists for all coupling values with constant eigenenergy is found, leading to level crossings within the same parity subspace even for non-identical qubits. In contrast to the quasi-exact eigenstates of the single-qubit model, these exceptional eigenstates are formed by just a few Fock states (photon number bounded from above at one or three), and the condition for them depends only on a fine-tuning of the qubit level splittings with respect to the photon energy, but not on the coupling to the photon field if the qubit-qubit interaction is not taken into consideration. This makes them excellent candidates for direct experimental observation within circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) and application in single photon experiments. Besides, exceptional solutions with finite photon numbers N are also found.
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Abstract We systematically investigate the quadratic and linear Lie algebraic structures of the two-photon quantum Rabi model (TPQRM) with an asymmetric static bias in the coordinate representation. The exact existence conditions for the two distinct Lie algebras are analytically derived and confirmed numerically. These algebraic structures result in two classes of exact eigenenergies parameterized by integers and half-integers, respectively. Furthermore, we investigate the role of the static bias term in modifying the spectral properties of the TPQRM. The level crossings corresponding to exact integer energies remain robust against static bias perturbations, while those associated with half-integer energies undergo a characteristic transition from level crossings to anti-crossings. The derived exact wave functions provide explicit evidence for interaction-controlled phase segregation phenomena. Finally, we demonstrate the versatility of our analytical framework through successful applications to the TPQRM in two alternative Fock-Bargmann representations.
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The quantum Rabi model (QRM), describing a two-level system coupled to a quantum harmonic oscillator, is one of the simplest and most ubiquitous interaction models in quantum mechanics. Despite its simplicity, the QRM has found applications in various fields of physics. The most exciting realization of the QRM nowadays is arguably the circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) system, where an on-chip artificial atom (or a qubit) is coupled to a transmission line or a waveguide. The qubits in circuit QED systems contain a bias term, which breaks the Z_2 symmetry in the QRM. Therefore, the precise model realized in circuit QED systems is referred to as the asymmetric quantum Rabi model (AQRM). This thesis explores theoretical methods to treat the AQRM and develops a complete approach to describe its energy landscape. The hidden symmetry of the AQRM is investigated in detail, and seen to be a rather general phenomenon in light-matter interaction models. The equivalence between the generalised Poschl-Teller potential and the spectrum of the AQRM is also established. Chapter 1 is dedicated to reviewing the analytic solutions and conventional approximations to the QRM/AQRM. Regarding the analytic solutions, the analytic results in terms of the transcendental functions determining the eigenspectrum of the AQRM are collected. Special emphasis is placed on the isolated closed-form exceptional solutions to the AQRM. Due to the lack of simple closed-form expressions for the general eigenvalues, some well-known approximations are considered. In Chapter 2, a generalised adiabatic approximation (GAA) is developed to calculate the eigenvalues of the excited states of the QRM and apply it to the AQRM. The GAA is based on the similarity between the exact exceptional solutions and the Laguerre polynomials. By construction, the GAA always has exact exceptional energy and approximates the regular spectrum with rather good agreement in a large parameter regime. Furthermore, the GAA is applied to the AQRM and shown to correctly recover the conical intersections in the energy landscape. The geometric phases around these conical intersections are calculated analytically as an illustrative example. In Chapter 3, a physically motivated variational wave function is presented for the ground state of the AQRM. The wave function is a weighted superposition of squeezed coherent states entangled with non-orthogonal qubit states and relies only on three variational parameters in the regimes of interest. The variational expansion describes the ground state remarkably well in almost all parameter regimes, especially with arbitrary bias. The results show that the variational expansion is a significant improvement over the existing approximations for the AQRM. In Chapter 4, the hidden symmetry and tunnelling dynamics in the AQRM and several related models are analysed in detail. The AQRM has a broken Z_2 symmetry, with generally a non-degenerate eigenvalue spectrum. In some special cases of the related models, stable level crossings typical of the Z_2-symmetric quantum Rabi model are recovered. It is thus shown that this hidden symmetry is not limited to the AQRM, but exists in various related light-matter interaction models. In Chapter 5, starting with the Gaudin-like Bethe ansatz equations associated with the quasi-exactly solved (QES) exceptional points of the AQRM, a spectral equivalence is established with QES hyperbolic Schrodinger potentials. This leads to particular QES Poschl-Teller potentials. The complete spectral equivalence is then established between the AQRM and generalised Poschl-Teller potentials. Conclusions and future directions are presented in the final Chapter 6.