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Commuting time-dependent two-state Hamiltonian
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Hermitian operator on a nonorthogonal two-state basis
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If a time-dependent perturbation remains diagonal in a fixed eigenbasis, Hamiltonians at different times commute. Each component therefore acquires the exact phase
exp
[
−
i
∫
E
±
(
t
)
d
t
/ℏ
]
, with no time ordering required.
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