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東京大学 新領域創成科学研究科 複雑理工学専攻 2018年8月実施 専門基礎科目 第8問

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Miyake

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Source: University of Tokyo, AY2019 examination, Problem 8, pp. 15–16.

For a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator, use

H^=p^22m+mω2x^22,a^=mω2(x^ip^mω),a^=mω2(x^+ip^mω).\hat H=\frac{\hat p^2}{2m}+\frac{m\omega^2\hat x^2}{2},\qquad \hat a^\dagger=\sqrt{\frac{m\omega}{2\hbar}}\left(\hat x-\frac{i\hat p}{m\omega}\right),\qquad \hat a=\sqrt{\frac{m\omega}{2\hbar}}\left(\hat x+\frac{i\hat p}{m\omega}\right).

Here mm is the mass, ω\omega is an angular-frequency parameter, and =h/(2π)\hbar=h/(2\pi). You may use [a^,a^]=1[\hat a,\hat a^\dagger]=1. Write expectation values as A^\langle\hat A\rangle and standard deviations as ΔA=(A^A^)2\Delta A=\sqrt{\langle(\hat A-\langle\hat A\rangle)^2\rangle}.

  1. Solve the definitions for x^,p^\hat x,\hat p.

  2. For the ground state satisfying a^0=0\hat a|0\rangle=0, calculate x^,x^2,p^,p^2\langle\hat x\rangle,\langle\hat x^2\rangle,\langle\hat p\rangle,\langle\hat p^2\rangle and ΔxΔp\Delta x\Delta p.

  3. Express H^\hat H using n^=a^a^\hat n=\hat a^\dagger\hat a.

  4. Calculate [a^,(a^)n][\hat a,(\hat a^\dagger)^n] for natural nn.

  5. For n=(a^)n0/n!|n\rangle=(\hat a^\dagger)^n|0\rangle/\sqrt{n!}, establish its number-operator eigenstate property and determine its energy.

  6. With αC\alpha\in\mathbb C and

    α=eα2/2eαa^0=eα2/2n=0αnn!(a^)n0,|\alpha\rangle=e^{-|\alpha|^2/2}e^{\alpha\hat a^\dagger}|0\rangle =e^{-|\alpha|^2/2}\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{\alpha^n}{n!}(\hat a^\dagger)^n|0\rangle,

    prove that α|\alpha\rangle is an eigenstate of a^\hat a, find its eigenvalue, and calculate n^\langle\hat n\rangle and Δn\Delta n.

题目描述

考虑一维谐振子,定义

H^=p^22m+12mω2x^2,a^=mω2(x^+ip^mω),a^=mω2(x^ip^mω).\hat H=\frac{\hat p^2}{2m}+\frac12m\omega^2\hat x^2,\quad \hat a=\sqrt{\frac{m\omega}{2\hbar}}\left(\hat x+\frac{i\hat p}{m\omega}\right),\quad \hat a^\dagger=\sqrt{\frac{m\omega}{2\hbar}}\left(\hat x-\frac{i\hat p}{m\omega}\right).

可使用 [a^,a^]=1[\hat a,\hat a^\dagger]=1,标准差定义为 ΔA=(A^A^)2\Delta A=\sqrt{\langle(\hat A-\langle\hat A\rangle)^2\rangle}

  1. 写出位置算符 x^\hat x 与动量算符 p^\hat p 关于产生、湮灭算符 a^,a^\hat a^\dagger,\hat a 的表达式;中出现的结果含参数 ,m,ω\hbar,m,\omega
  2. 对满足 a^0=0\hat a|0\rangle=0 且归一化的谐振子基态:
    1. 计算 x^\langle\hat x\ranglex^2\langle\hat x^2\ranglep^\langle\hat p\ranglep^2\langle\hat p^2\rangle
    2. ΔA=A^2A^2\Delta A=\sqrt{\langle\hat A^2\rangle-\langle\hat A\rangle^2}
      计算 ΔxΔp\Delta x\,\Delta p
  3. 用数算符 n^\hat n 写出谐振子 Hamilton 算符 H^\hat H;确认关系涉及 ω(n^+12)\hbar\omega(\hat n+\tfrac12)
  4. 在 使用的对易关系 [a^,a^]=1[\hat a,\hat a^\dagger]=1 下,证明一般的
    [a^,(a^)n]=n(a^)n1.[\hat a,(\hat a^\dagger)^n] =n(\hat a^\dagger)^{n-1}.
  5. n=1n!(a^)n0,|n\rangle=\frac1{\sqrt{n!}}(\hat a^\dagger)^n|0\rangle,
    验证其为数算符及 Hamilton 算符的本征态,并求相应本征值。
  6. 给出的相干态为
    α=eα2/2n=0αnn!(a^)n0.|\alpha\rangle =e^{-|\alpha|^2/2} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{\alpha^n}{n!} (\hat a^\dagger)^n|0\rangle.
    1. 证明它是 a^\hat a 的本征值为 α\alpha 的本征态;
    2. 在归一化假设下求数算符的均值、方差或标准差;明确得到 Δn2=α2\Delta n^2=|\alpha|^2Δn=α\Delta n=|\alpha|

Kai

(問1)

x^=2mω(a^+a^)p^=imω2(a^a^)\begin{aligned} \hat{x} &= \sqrt{\frac{\hbar}{2 m \omega}} \left( \hat{a}^\dagger + \hat{a} \right) \\ \hat{p} &= i \sqrt{\frac{\hbar m \omega}{2}} \left( \hat{a}^\dagger - \hat{a} \right) \end{aligned}

(問2)

(1)

a^0=0\hat{a} | 0 \rangle = 0 より 0a^=0\langle 0 | \hat{a}^\dagger = 0 であることに注意して、

x^=2mω0(a^+a^)0=0x^2=2mω0((a^)2+(a^)2+a^a^+a^a^)0=2mω0((a^)2+(a^)2+2a^a^+1)0=2mωp^=imω20(a^a^)0=0p^2=mω20((a^)2+(a^)2a^a^a^a^)0=mω20((a^)2+(a^)22a^a^1)0=mω2\begin{aligned} \langle \hat{x} \rangle &= \sqrt{\frac{\hbar}{2 m \omega}} \langle 0 | \left( \hat{a}^\dagger + \hat{a} \right) | 0 \rangle \\ &= 0 \\ \langle \hat{x}^2 \rangle &= \frac{\hbar}{2 m \omega} \langle 0 | \left( \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^2 + \left( \hat{a} \right)^2 + \hat{a}^\dagger \hat{a} + \hat{a} \hat{a}^\dagger \right) | 0 \rangle \\ &= \frac{\hbar}{2 m \omega} \langle 0 | \left( \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^2 + \left( \hat{a} \right)^2 + 2 \hat{a}^\dagger \hat{a} + 1 \right) | 0 \rangle \\ &= \frac{\hbar}{2 m \omega} \\ \langle \hat{p} \rangle &= i \sqrt{\frac{\hbar m \omega}{2}} \langle 0 | \left( \hat{a}^\dagger - \hat{a} \right) | 0 \rangle \\ &= 0 \\ \langle \hat{p}^2 \rangle &= - \frac{\hbar m \omega}{2} \langle 0 | \left( \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^2 + \left( \hat{a} \right)^2 - \hat{a}^\dagger \hat{a} - \hat{a} \hat{a}^\dagger \right) | 0 \rangle \\ &= - \frac{\hbar m \omega}{2} \langle 0 | \left( \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^2 + \left( \hat{a} \right)^2 - 2 \hat{a}^\dagger \hat{a} - 1 \right) | 0 \rangle \\ &= \frac{\hbar m \omega}{2} \end{aligned}

を得る。( 00=1\langle 0 | 0 \rangle = 1 を仮定した。)

(2)

ΔA=(A^A^)2=A^2A^2\begin{aligned} \Delta A &= \sqrt{ \langle ( \hat{A} - \langle \hat{A} \rangle )^2 \rangle } \\ &= \sqrt{ \langle \hat{A}^2 \rangle - \langle \hat{A} \rangle^2 } \end{aligned}

であるから、 (1) より、

ΔxΔp=2mωmω2=2\begin{aligned} \Delta x \Delta p &= \sqrt{ \frac{\hbar}{2 m \omega} } \cdot \sqrt{ \frac{\hbar m \omega}{2} } \\ &= \frac{\hbar}{2} \end{aligned}

を得る。

(問3)

H^=ω(n^+12)\begin{aligned} \hat{H} = \hbar \omega \left( \hat{n} + \frac{1}{2} \right) \end{aligned}

(問4)

[a^,a^]=1[a^,(a^)2]=a^[a^,a^]+[a^,a^]a^=2a^[a^,(a^)3]=a^[a^,(a^)2]+[a^,a^](a^)2=3(a^)2[a^,(a^)4]=a^[a^,(a^)3]+[a^,a^](a^)3=4(a^)3\begin{aligned} \left[ \hat{a}, \hat{a}^\dagger \right] &= 1 \\ \left[ \hat{a}, \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^2 \right] &= \hat{a}^\dagger \left[ \hat{a}, \hat{a}^\dagger \right] + \left[ \hat{a}, \hat{a}^\dagger \right] \hat{a}^\dagger \\ &= 2 \hat{a}^\dagger \\ \left[ \hat{a}, \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^3 \right] &= \hat{a}^\dagger \left[ \hat{a}, \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^2 \right] + \left[ \hat{a}, \hat{a}^\dagger \right] \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^2 \\ &= 3 \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^2 \\ \left[ \hat{a}, \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^4 \right] &= \hat{a}^\dagger \left[ \hat{a}, \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^3 \right] + \left[ \hat{a}, \hat{a}^\dagger \right] \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^3 \\ &= 4 \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^3 \end{aligned}

一般に [A,BC]=[A,B]C+B[A,C][A,BC]=[A,B]C+B[A,C] を用いた帰納法により、

[a^,(a^)n]=n(a^)n1\begin{aligned} \left[ \hat{a}, \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^n \right] &= n \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^{n-1} \end{aligned}

である。

(問5)

n^n=1n!a^a^(a^)n0=1n!a^{(a^)na^+n(a^)n1}0=nn\begin{aligned} \hat{n} | n \rangle &= \frac{1}{\sqrt{n!}} \hat{a}^\dagger \hat{a} \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^n | 0 \rangle \\ &= \frac{1}{\sqrt{n!}} \hat{a}^\dagger \left\{ \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^n \hat{a} + n \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^{n-1} \right\} | 0 \rangle \\ &= n | n \rangle \end{aligned}

であるから、 n| n \ranglen^\hat{n} の固有値 nn に属する固有状態である。 また、 n| n \rangleH^\hat{H} の固有値

ω(n+12)\begin{aligned} \hbar \omega \left( n + \frac{1}{2} \right) \end{aligned}

に属する固有状態である。

(問6)

(1)

a^α=eα22n=0αnn!a^(a^)n0=eα22n=1αnn!a^(a^)n0        (a^0=0)=eα22n=1αnn!{(a^)na^+n(a^)n1}0        ((問4))=eα22n=1αn(n1)!(a^)n10        (a^0=0)=αα\begin{aligned} \hat{a} | \alpha \rangle &= e^{ - \frac{|\alpha|^2}{2} } \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{\alpha^n}{n!} \hat{a} \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^n | 0 \rangle \\ &= e^{ - \frac{|\alpha|^2}{2} } \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\alpha^n}{n!} \hat{a} \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^n | 0 \rangle \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ( \because \hat{a} | 0 \rangle = 0 ) \\ &= e^{ - \frac{|\alpha|^2}{2} } \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\alpha^n}{n!} \left\{ \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^n \hat{a} + n \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^{n-1} \right\} | 0 \rangle \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ( \because \text{(問4)} ) \\ &= e^{ - \frac{|\alpha|^2}{2} } \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\alpha^n}{(n-1)!} \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \right)^{n-1} | 0 \rangle \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ( \because \hat{a} | 0 \rangle = 0 ) \\ &= \alpha | \alpha \rangle \end{aligned}

であるから、 α| \alpha \ranglea^\hat{a} の固有値 α\alpha に属する固有状態である。

(2)

n^=αa^a^α=α2n^2=αa^a^a^a^α=α2αa^a^α=α2α(a^a^+1)α=α2(α2+1)    Δn2=n^2n^2=α2(α2+1)α4=α2    Δn=α\begin{aligned} \langle \hat{n} \rangle &= \langle \alpha | \hat{a}^\dagger \hat{a} | \alpha \rangle \\ &= | \alpha |^2 \\ \langle \hat{n}^2 \rangle &= \langle \alpha | \hat{a}^\dagger \hat{a} \hat{a}^\dagger \hat{a} | \alpha \rangle \\ &= | \alpha |^2 \langle \alpha | \hat{a} \hat{a}^\dagger | \alpha \rangle \\ &= | \alpha |^2 \langle \alpha | \left( \hat{a}^\dagger \hat{a} + 1 \right) | \alpha \rangle \\ &= | \alpha |^2 \left( | \alpha |^2 + 1 \right) \\ \therefore \ \ \ \ \Delta n^2 &= \langle \hat{n}^2 \rangle - \langle \hat{n} \rangle^2 \\ &= | \alpha |^2 \left( | \alpha |^2 + 1 \right) - | \alpha |^4 \\ &= | \alpha |^2 \\ \therefore \ \ \ \ \Delta n &= | \alpha | \end{aligned}

なお、00=1\langle0|0\rangle=1 のとき mn=δmn\langle m|n\rangle=\delta_{mn} なので、

αα=eα2n=0α2nn!=1.\langle\alpha|\alpha\rangle =e^{-|\alpha|^2}\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{|\alpha|^{2n}}{n!}=1.