Journal of Siberian Federal University. Mathematics & Physics / On Rabi Oscillations Between Bloch Bands

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Mathematics & Physics. 2010 3 (3)
Authors
Plotz, Patrick
Contact information
Plotz, Patrick : Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Universit¨at Heidelberg , Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
Keywords
Bloch oscillations; Landau Zener tunneling; resonant tunneling; multiphoton process
Abstract

We study Rabi oscillations between the bands of an arbitrary biased two-band tight-binding model. We reduce the problem to an equation of Whittaker-Hill type and, in absence of any known solutions in closed form, discuss different approximations to describe the oscillations between the Bloch bands. We identify regimes of weak and strong inter-band coupling and compare predictions for these Rabi oscillations to numerical results.

Pages
381-389
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/1738