General conditions for a quantum adiabatic evolution

Details General conditions for a quantum adiabatic evolution General conditions for a quantum adiabatic evolution

2006-07-18

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0607118v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

4 pages

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The smallness of the variation rate of the hamiltonian matrix elements compared to the (square of the) energy spectrum gap is usually believed to be the key parameter for a quantum adiabatic evolution. However it is only perturbatively valid for scaled timed hamiltonian and resonance processes as well as off resonance possible constructive St\"{u}ckelberg interference effects violate this usual condition for general hamiltionian. More general adiabatic condition and exact bounds for adiabatic quantum evolution are derived and studied in the framework of a two-level system. The usual criterion is restored for real two level hamiltonian with small number of monotonicity changes of the hamiltonian matrix elements and its derivative.

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