 Resonant quantum control

A near-resonant drive selects a transition and, in an appropriate rotating frame and rotating-wave approximation, controls a two-level effective Quantum Hamiltonian. If $H_{\mathrm{eff}}=\Omega (t){\sigma }_x/2$ with fixed axis, then $U(T)=\exp [-i{\sigma }_x{\int }_0^T\Omega (t)dt/2]$. Pulse area fixes the rotation angle; drive phase chooses a transverse axis. Selectivity and neglect of rapidly oscillating terms require the appropriate detuning and drive-strength regime.