An Exact Formulation of the Time-Ordered Exponential using Path-Sums

We present the path-sum formulation for $\mathsf{OE}[\mathsf{H}](t',t)=\mathcal{T}\,\text{exp}\big(\int_{t}^{t'}\!\mathsf{H}(\tau)\,d\tau\big)$, the time-ordered exponential of a time-dependent matrix $\mathsf{H}(t)$. The path-sum formulation gives $\mathsf{OE}[\mathsf{H}]$ as a branched c...

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Main Authors: Giscard, P, Lui, K, Thwaite, S, Jaksch, D
Format: Journal article
Published: 2014