Geometric phase via adiabatic manipulations of the environment
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-13 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We show that geometric phases may be generated in a quantum system subject to noise by adiabatic manipulations of the fluctuating fields, e.g., by variation of the system-environment coupling. For a two-state quantum system we express this phase in terms of the geometry of the path, traversed by the slowly varying direction and amplitude of the fluctuations. We discuss the origin of this phase and possibilities to separate it from the known environment-induced modification of the Berry phase.
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@article{arxiv.0805.1559,
title = {Geometric phase via adiabatic manipulations of the environment},
author = {S. V. Syzranov and Yu. Makhlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.1559},
year = {2009}
}