Simple determination of dark states in a general multi-level system

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Main Authors: Zhou, Kaixuan, Wu, June, Shi, Junheng, Byrnes, Tim
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Published: 2022
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author Zhou, Kaixuan
Wu, June
Shi, Junheng
Byrnes, Tim
author_facet Zhou, Kaixuan
Wu, June
Shi, Junheng
Byrnes, Tim
contents In a multi-level energy system with energy transitions, dark states are eigenstates of a Hamiltonian that consist entirely of ground states, with zero amplitude in the excited states. We present several criteria which allows one to deduce the presence of dark states in a general multi-level system based on the submatrices of the Hamiltonian. The dark states can be shown to be the right-singular vectors of the submatrix that connect the ground states to the excited states. Furthermore, we show a simple way of finding the dark state involving the determinant of a matrix constructed from the same submatrix.
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spellingShingle Simple determination of dark states in a general multi-level system
Zhou, Kaixuan
Wu, June
Shi, Junheng
Byrnes, Tim
Quantum Physics
In a multi-level energy system with energy transitions, dark states are eigenstates of a Hamiltonian that consist entirely of ground states, with zero amplitude in the excited states. We present several criteria which allows one to deduce the presence of dark states in a general multi-level system based on the submatrices of the Hamiltonian. The dark states can be shown to be the right-singular vectors of the submatrix that connect the ground states to the excited states. Furthermore, we show a simple way of finding the dark state involving the determinant of a matrix constructed from the same submatrix.
title Simple determination of dark states in a general multi-level system
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.16832