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The quantum mechanical geometric phase of a particle in a resonant vibrating cavity

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We study the general-setting quantum geometric phase acquired by a particle in a vibrating cavity. Solving the two-level theory with the rotating-wave approximation and the SU(2) method, we obtain analytic formulae that give excellent descriptions of the geometric phase, energy, and wavefunction of the resonating system. In particular, we observe a sudden π\pi-jump in the geometric phase when the system is in resonance. We found similar behaviors in the geometric phase of a spin-1/2 particle in a rotating magnetic field, for which we developed a geometrical model to help visualize its evolution.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0210182,
  title  = {The quantum mechanical geometric phase of a particle in a resonant vibrating cavity},
  author = {K. W. Yuen and H. T. Fung and K. M. Cheng and M. -C. Chu and K. Colanero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0210182},
  year   = {2009}
}

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15pages,6figures