Non-adiabatic transitions for random processes in a two-level system
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Physics
- Vol. 21 (4) , 709-720
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00268977100101861
Abstract
Non-adiabatic transitions in two-level systems are investigated theoretically for a random time dependence of ħω, the energy difference, between the levels. We assumed that ω = ω(x) and the coordinate x = x(t) is a random function of time. Diffusion and Poisson processes (both homogeneous and with a source) for x(t) were assumed. The cases of linear crossing terms (ω = γx) and non-linear terms (ω = ω e exp (- αx) + ω0) were considered. Values of the non-adiabatic transition probability per unit time were obtained by perturbation theory for ω1τ c ≪ 1 where τ c is the correlation time and ω1 is the off-diagonal matrix element.Keywords
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