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The transition dynamics of two-state systems with time-dependent energy levels, first considered by Landau, Zener, Majorana, and St\"uckelberg, is one of the basic models in quantum physics and has been used to describe various physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-27 Jonas R. F. Lima , Guido Burkard

Quantum phase transitions (QPTs) involve transformations between different states of matter that are driven by quantum fluctuations. These fluctuations play a dominant role in the quantum critical region surrounding the transition point,…

Single spin state evolution induced by the Landau-Zener-St\"uckelberg-Majorana (LZSM) interference in a Zeeman-spit four level system in a periodically driven double quantum dot is studied theoretically by the Floquet stroboscopic method.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-17 D. V. Khomitsky , S. A. Studenikin

This work investigates dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) in a one-dimensional Ising model subjected to a periodically modulated transverse field. In contrast to sudden quenches, we demonstrate that a DQPT can be induced in two…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-25 Yuanyuan Cheng , Yuxia Zhang , Tianhui Qiu , Peipei Xin , Bao-Ming Xu

Quantum-mechanical systems having two discrete energy levels are ubiquitous in nature. For crossing energy levels, depending on how fast they approach each other, there is a possibility of a transition between them. This phenomenon is known…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-25 Mika Sillanpaa , Teijo Lehtinen , Antti Paila , Yuriy Makhlin , Pertti Hakonen

We analyse a system of two interacting spin-qubits subjected to a Landau-Majorana-St\"uckelberg-Zener (LMSZ) ramp. We prove that LMSZ transitions of the two spin-qubits are possible without an external transverse static field since its role…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 R. Grimaudo , N. V. Vitanov , A. Messina

Coherence and tunneling play central roles in quantum phenomena. In a tunneling event, the time that a particle spends inside the barrier has been fiercely debated. This problem becomes more complex when tunneling repeatedly occurs back and…

We study Landau-Zener-Stuckelberg (LZS) interferometry in multilevel systems coupled to an Ohmic quantum bath. We consider the case of superconducting flux qubits driven by a dc+ac magnetic fields, but our results can apply to other similar…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-03-09 Alejandro Ferron , Daniel Dominguez , Maria Jose Sanchez

We study Landau-Zener-Stueckelberg-Majorana (LZSM) interferometry under the influence of projective readout using a charge qubit tunnel-coupled to a fermionic sea. This allows us to characterise the coherent charge qubit dynamics in the…

The Kibble-Zurek mechanism provides a description of the topological structure occurring in the symmetry breaking phase transitions, which may manifest as the cosmological strings in the early universe or vortex lines in the superfulid. A…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-12 Cheng Zhou , Li Wang , Tao Tu , Hai-Ou Li , Guang-Can Guo , Hong-Wen Jiang , Guo-Ping Guo

We derive the structure of the Landau-Zener-St\"uckelberg-Majorana (LZSM) interference pattern for a qubit that experiences quantum dissipation and is additionally subjected to time-periodic but otherwise general driving. A spin-boson…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-13 Ralf Blattmann , Sigmund Kohler , Peter Hänggi

An idea of employing the Landau-Zener-St\"uckelberg-Majorana (LZSM) dynamics to flip a spin of a single ground state hole is introduced and explored by a time-dependent simulation. This configuration interaction study considers a hole…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-21 Wojciech Julian Pasek , Marcelo Zoega Maialle , Marcos Henrique Degani

Extending notions of phase transitions to nonequilibrium realm is a fundamental problem for statistical mechanics. While it was discovered that critical transitions occur even for transient states before relaxation as the singularity of a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-09-02 Ryusuke Hamazaki

Constructing a universal operation scheme for Majorana qubits remains a central issue for the topological quantum computation. We study the Landau-Zener-St\"{u}ckelberg interference in a Majorana qubit and show that this interference can be…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-07-13 Wen-Chao Huang , Qi-Feng Liang , Dao-Xin Yao , Zhi Wang

The Landau-Zener-Stueckelberg (LZS) effect in a model system of interacting tunneling particles is studied numerically and analytically. Each of N tunneling particles interacts with each of the others with the same coupling J. This problem…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. A. Garanin

Quantum control techniques play an important role in manipulating and harnessing the properties of different quantum systems, including isolated atoms. Here, we propose to achieve quantum control over a single on-surface atomic spin using…

We consider a one-dimensional interacting spinless fermion model, which displays the well-known Luttinger liquid (LL) to charge density wave (CDW) transition as a function of the ratio between the strength of the interaction, $U$, and the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-03-28 D. M. Kennes , A. de la Torre , A. Ron , D. Hsieh , A. J. Millis

The quantum Kibble-Zurek mechanism (QKZM) predicts universal dynamical behavior near the quantum phase transitions (QPTs). It is now well understood for the one-dimensional quantum matter. Higher-dimensional systems, however, remain a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-10-26 Markus Schmitt , Marek M. Rams , Jacek Dziarmaga , Markus Heyl , Wojciech H. Zurek

The conventional Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) describes the driven critical dynamics in the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson (LGW) spontaneous symmetry-breaking phase transitions. However, whether the KZM is still applicable in the deconfined quantum…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-05-21 Rui-Zhen Huang , Shuai Yin

Geometric quantum manipulation and Landau-Zener interferometry have been separately explored in many quantum systems. In this Letter, we combine these two approaches to study the dynamics of a superconducting phase qubit. We experimentally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Xinsheng Tan , Dan-Wei Zhang , Zhentao Zhang , Yang Yu , Siyuan Han , Shi-Liang Zhu