Quantum Phase Interference for Quantum Tunneling in Spin Systems

Details Quantum Phase Interference for Quantum Tunneling in Spin Systems Quantum Phase Interference for Quantum Tunneling in Spin Systems

2000-01-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0001142v1

Phys. Rev. B, 61 (2000) 8856

Physics

Condensed Matter

19 pages, no figure, to appear in PRB

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.61.8856

The point-particle-like Hamiltonian of a biaxial spin particle with external magnetic field along the hard axis is obtained in terms of the potential field description of spin systems with exact spin-coordinate correspondence. The Zeeman energy term turns out to be an effective gauge potential which leads to a nonintegrable pha se of the Euclidean Feynman propagator. The phase interference between clockwise and anticlockwise under barrier propagations is recognized explicitly as the Aharonov-Bohm effect. An additional phase which is significant for quantum phase interference is discovered with the quantum theory of spin systems besides the known phase obtained with the semiclassical treatment of spin. We also show the energ y dependence of the effect and obtain the tunneling splitting at excited states with the help of periodic instantons.

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