Rabi Cycle

Cyclic behavior of a two-level quantum system in an oscillatory driving field, at the Rabi frequency that sets spectroscopy's clock.

Specifications & Metrics

type

Spectroscopy & Structure

originator

Isidor Isaac Rabi

Core Principles & Analysis

• The Rabi cycle (or Rabi flop) is the cyclic behavior of a two-level quantum system in the presence of an oscillatory driving field.
• The inverse of the cycle's duration is the Rabi frequency of the system.
• The effect can be modeled with the Jaynes–Cummings model and the Bloch vector formalism.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Rabi cycle