Hello! If I have a 2 level system, with the energy splitting between the 2 levels ω12 and an external perturbation characterized by a frequency ωP, if ω12>>ωP I can use the adiabatic approximation, and assume that the initial state of the system changes slowly in time while for ω12<<ωP I can assume that the perturbation doesn't have any effect on the system (it averages out over the relevant time scales). I was wondering if I have a 3 level system with E1<E2<E3 such that ω12<<ωP<<ω23. In general, the Hamiltonian of the system would look like this:
(E1f12(t)f13(t)f∗12(t)E2f23(t)f∗13(t)f∗23(t)E3)
But using the intuition from the 2 level system case, can I ignore f12(t), as the system of these 2 levels (1 and 2) moves on time scales much slower than ωP, and assume that f23(t) and f13(t) move very slow and thus use the adiabatic approximation? In practice I would basically have:
(E10f13(t)0E2f23(t)f∗13(t)f∗23(t)E3)
Or in this case I would need to fully solve the SE, without being able to make any approximations? Thank you