The characteristic polynomial of the next-nearest-neighbour qubit chain for single excitations

Details The characteristic polynomial of the next-nearest-neighbour qubit chain for single excitations The characteristic polynomial of the next-nearest-neighbour qubit chain for single excitations

2008-07-31

arxiv.org/abs/0807.4985v2

J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 (2008) 445201

Physics

Quantum Physics

19 pages, 8 figures; minor corrections

Scientific paper

10.1088/1751-8113/41/44/445201

The characteristic polynomial for a chain of dipole-dipole coupled two-level atoms with nearest-neighbour and next-nearest-neighbour interactions is developed for the study of eigenvalues and eigenvectors for single-photon excitations. We find the exact form of the polynomial in terms of the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind that is valid for an arbitrary number of atoms and coupling strengths. We then propose a technique for expressing the roots of the polynomial as a power series in the coupling constants. The general properties of the solutions are also explored, to shed some light on the general properties that the exact, analytic form of the energy eigenvalues should have. A method for deriving the eigenvectors of the Hamiltonian is also outlined.

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