Geometric phases under the presence of a composite environment

Details Geometric phases under the presence of a composite environment Geometric phases under the presence of a composite environment

2011-04-29

arxiv.org/abs/1104.5649v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

10 pages, 12 figures. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. A

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We compute the geometric phase for a spin-1/2 particle under the presence of a composite environment, composed of an external bath (modeled by an infinite set of harmonic oscillators) and another spin-1/2 particle. We consider both cases: an initial entanglement between the spin-1/2 particles and an initial product state in order to see if the initial entanglement has an enhancement effect on the geometric phase of one of the spins. We follow the nonunitary evolution of the reduced density matrix and evaluate the geometric phase for a single two-level system. We also show that the initial entanglement enhances the sturdiness of the geometric phase under the presence of an external composite environment.

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