Higher order Magnus expansions for two-level quantum dynamics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2603.13821v1
• Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:12:04 GMT
• Title: Higher order Magnus expansions for two-level quantum dynamics
• Abstract summary: We investigate the Magnus expansion for a generic time-dependent two-level system under single-axis driving.<n>By virtue of the (mathfraksu(2)) Lie algebra, the expansion is decomposed into a commutator-free form.<n>We show how to employ suitable picture transformations as well as on how to enforce the symmetry of the underlying model.
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• Abstract: We investigate the Magnus expansion for a generic time-dependent two-level system under single-axis driving. By virtue of the \(\mathfrak{su}(2)\) Lie algebra, the expansion is decomposed into a commutator-free form. To illustrate the usefulness of the gained expression, we then revisit the Landau-Zener-Stückelberg-Majorana model, with a focus on non-adiabatic transitions as well as the Stokes phase. In addition, the semiclassical Rabi model is systematically treated by determining the Floquet quasienergy up to different orders. We demonstrate how to employ suitable picture transformations as well as on how to enforce the symmetry of the underlying model in order to guarantee convergence of the expansion as well as to achieve satisfactory agreement with the exact results. For both models that we studied it turns out that a third order approximation yields results that are in next to perfect agreement with exact analytical ones. Surprisingly, in the case of the semiclassical Rabi model, even the second order Magnus approximation in the adiabatic picture produces almost exact results over the whole parameter range.

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