arXiv:quant-ph/0203135 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General
Mathematical structure of Rabi oscillations in the strong coupling regime
Kazuyuki Fujii
Abstract
In this paper, we generalize the Jaynes–Cummings Hamiltonian by making use of some operators based on Lie algebras su (1, 1) and su (2), and study a mathematical structure of Rabi floppings of these models in the strong coupling regime. We show that Rabi frequencies are given by matrix elements of generalized coherent operators (Fujii K 2002 Preprint quant-ph/0202081) under the rotating-wave approximation. In the first half, we make a general review of coherent operators and generalized coherent ones based on Lie algebras su (1, 1) and su (2). In the latter half, we carry out a detailed examination of Frasca (Frasca M 2001 Preprint quant-ph/0111134) and generalize his method, and moreover present some related problems. We also apply our results to the construction of controlled unitary gates in quantum computation. Lastly, we make a brief comment on application to holonomic quantum computation.