Reconciliation of effective Hamiltonians for intense light-matter interaction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.04835v1
• Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:04:46 GMT
• Title: Reconciliation of effective Hamiltonians for intense light-matter interaction
• Abstract summary: The canonical effective Hamiltonian is obtained equivalently from adiabatic elimination, the Markov approximation, and the pole approximation.<n>We show how this limitation can be addressed by applying quasi-degenerate Rayleigh-Schrdinger theory (QD-RSPT)<n>The accuracy of QD-RSPT is demonstrated in both the low- and high-frequency regime, showing excellent agreement with Floquet calculations at high intensities.
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• Abstract: Essential-state models are central for quantum control and technology in broad regimes of light-matter interaction. The canonical effective Hamiltonian is obtained equivalently from adiabatic elimination, the Markov approximation, and the pole approximation. These approximations are known to break down at high intensities, significantly limiting their applicability to moderate light-matter interaction. We show how this limitation can be addressed by applying quasi-degenerate Rayleigh-Schrödinger perturbation theory (QD-RSPT). We reconcile QD-RSPT with adiabatic elimination and propose a quasi-degenerate extension of adiabatic elimination that is robust when the detuning of the essential states is non-negligible. The accuracy of QD-RSPT is demonstrated in both the low- and high-frequency regime, showing excellent agreement with Floquet calculations at high intensities. The crucial corrections to adiabatic elimination make the eigenvectors of the effective Hamiltonian non-orthogonal. Physically, this allows us to account for the asymmetric strength with which different essential states couple to the non-essential states. We expect that our systematic approach to effective Hamiltonians from QD-RSPT will constitute a new state of the art in intense light-matter interaction and quantum optics with novel forms of strong coupling and quantum control phenomena being conceivable.

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