Quantum Averaging Theory for Multi-Timescale Driven Quantum Systems

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Main Authors: Barajas, Kristian D., Campbell, Wesley C.
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Published: 2025
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author Barajas, Kristian D.
Campbell, Wesley C.
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Campbell, Wesley C.
contents We present a multi-timescale Quantum Averaging Theory (QAT), a unitarity-preserving generalized Floquet framework for analytically modeling periodically and almost-periodically driven quantum systems across multiple timescales. By integrating the Magnus expansion with the method of averaging on multiple scales, QAT captures the effects of both far-detuned and near-resonant interactions on system dynamics. The framework yields an effective Hamiltonian description while retaining fast oscillatory effects within a separate dynamical phase operator, ensuring accuracy across a wide range of driving regimes. We demonstrate the rapid convergence of QAT results toward exact numerical solutions in both detuning regimes for touchstone problems in quantum information science.
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spellingShingle Quantum Averaging Theory for Multi-Timescale Driven Quantum Systems
Barajas, Kristian D.
Campbell, Wesley C.
Quantum Physics
Other Condensed Matter
Chaotic Dynamics
We present a multi-timescale Quantum Averaging Theory (QAT), a unitarity-preserving generalized Floquet framework for analytically modeling periodically and almost-periodically driven quantum systems across multiple timescales. By integrating the Magnus expansion with the method of averaging on multiple scales, QAT captures the effects of both far-detuned and near-resonant interactions on system dynamics. The framework yields an effective Hamiltonian description while retaining fast oscillatory effects within a separate dynamical phase operator, ensuring accuracy across a wide range of driving regimes. We demonstrate the rapid convergence of QAT results toward exact numerical solutions in both detuning regimes for touchstone problems in quantum information science.
title Quantum Averaging Theory for Multi-Timescale Driven Quantum Systems
topic Quantum Physics
Other Condensed Matter
Chaotic Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09761