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Past exam of the theoretical physics II course of the University of Cambridge 2013 Paper 1 1 a Solution by
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Let and . Differentiating gives the rotating-frame Hamiltonian operator . The angular momentum commutator yields , while . Thus the rotating-frame Rabi Hamiltonian isThis transformation is exact for the circular drive; no rotating-wave approximation has been used.
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