Geometry of adiabatic Hamiltonians for two-level quantum systems

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/48/23/235301zbMATH Open1316.81031arXiv1501.03366OpenAlexW3101550783WikidataQ62039701 ScholiaQ62039701MaRDI QIDQ5259229FDOQ5259229

Authors: J. M. S. Lehto, Kalle-Antti Suominen 

Publication date: 26 June 2015

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present the formulation of the problem of the coherent dynamics of quantum mechanical two-level systems in the adiabatic region in terms of the differential geometry of plane curves. We show that there is a natural plane curve corresponding to the Hamiltonian of the system for which the geometrical quantities have a simple physical interpretation. In particular, the curvature of the curve has the role of the nonadiabatic coupling.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.03366

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zbMATH Keywords

differential geometry of plane curvesLandau-Zener transitionsnon-adiabatic coupling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relationships between algebraic curves and physics (14H81) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Coherent states (81R30) Adiabatic invariants for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H11)

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