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Raptor112
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Due to the definition of spin-up (in my project ),
\begin{eqnarray}
\sigma_+ =
\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 2 \\
0 & 0 \\
\end{bmatrix}
\end{eqnarray}
as opposed to
\begin{eqnarray}
\sigma_+ =
\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 1 \\
0 & 0 \\
\end{bmatrix}
\end{eqnarray}
and the annihilation operator is
\begin{eqnarray}
\hat{a} =
\begin{bmatrix}
0 & \sqrt{1} & 0 & 0 & \dots\\
0 & 0 & \sqrt{2} & 0 &\dots\\
0 & 0 & 0 & \sqrt{3} & \dots\\
0 & 0 & 0 & 0 &\dots\\
\vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots&\ddots\\
\end{bmatrix}
\end{eqnarray}
The matrix elememts of \begin{eqnarray} \hat{a}\hat{\sigma_+} \end{eqnarray} were given to me and are:
\begin{eqnarray}
\hat{a}\hat{\sigma_+} =
\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\
0 & 0 & 2\sqrt{1} & 0 &0\\
0 & 0 & 0 & 0 &0\\
0 & 0& 0 & 0& 2\sqrt{2} \\
0 & 0& 0 & 0 &0\\
\end{bmatrix} \end{eqnarray}
From this I need to find out what the matrix elements of
\begin{eqnarray}
\hat{a^{\dagger}}\hat{\sigma_-}
\end{eqnarray}
are?
I suppose the issue is I don't know how to represent the atomic raising/lowering operator for dimenstions greater than 2.
\begin{eqnarray}
\sigma_+ =
\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 2 \\
0 & 0 \\
\end{bmatrix}
\end{eqnarray}
as opposed to
\begin{eqnarray}
\sigma_+ =
\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 1 \\
0 & 0 \\
\end{bmatrix}
\end{eqnarray}
and the annihilation operator is
\begin{eqnarray}
\hat{a} =
\begin{bmatrix}
0 & \sqrt{1} & 0 & 0 & \dots\\
0 & 0 & \sqrt{2} & 0 &\dots\\
0 & 0 & 0 & \sqrt{3} & \dots\\
0 & 0 & 0 & 0 &\dots\\
\vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots&\ddots\\
\end{bmatrix}
\end{eqnarray}
The matrix elememts of \begin{eqnarray} \hat{a}\hat{\sigma_+} \end{eqnarray} were given to me and are:
\begin{eqnarray}
\hat{a}\hat{\sigma_+} =
\begin{bmatrix}
0 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 0\\
0 & 0 & 2\sqrt{1} & 0 &0\\
0 & 0 & 0 & 0 &0\\
0 & 0& 0 & 0& 2\sqrt{2} \\
0 & 0& 0 & 0 &0\\
\end{bmatrix} \end{eqnarray}
From this I need to find out what the matrix elements of
\begin{eqnarray}
\hat{a^{\dagger}}\hat{\sigma_-}
\end{eqnarray}
are?
I suppose the issue is I don't know how to represent the atomic raising/lowering operator for dimenstions greater than 2.