Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2002-07-17
Phys. Rev. B 66, 174438 (2002)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
11 PR pages, 12 figures. To be published in PRB
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.66.174438
We study the Landau-Zener-Stueckelberg (LZS) effect for a two-level system with a time-dependent nonlinear bias field (the sweep function) W(t). Our main concern is to investigate the influence of the nonlinearity of W(t) on the probability P to remain in the initial state. The dimensionless quantity epsilon = pi Delta ^2/(2 hbar v) depends on the coupling Delta of both levels and on the sweep rate v. For fast sweep rates, i.e., epsilon << l and monotonic, analytic sweep functions linearizable in the vicinity of the resonance we find the transition probability 1-P ~= epsilon (1+a), where a>0 is the correction to the LSZ result due to the nonlinearity of the sweep. Further increase of the sweep rate with nonlinearity fixed brings the system into the nonlinear-sweep regime characterized by 1-P ~= epsilon ^gamma with gamma neq 1 depending on the type of sweep function. In case of slow sweep rates, i.e., epsilon >>1 an interesting interference phenomenon occurs. For analytic W(t) the probability P=P_0 e^-eta is determined by the singularities of sqrt{Delta ^2+W^2(t)} in the upper complex plane of t. If W(t) is close to linear, there is only one singularity, that leads to the LZS result P=e^-epsilon with important corrections to the exponent due to nonlinearity. However, for, e.g., W(t) ~ t^3 there is a pair of singularities in the upper complex plane. Interference of their contributions leads to oscillations of the prefactor P_0 that depends on the sweep rate through epsilon and turns to zero at some epsilon. Measurements of the oscillation period and of the exponential factor would allow to determine Delta, independently.
Garanin Dmitry A.
Schilling Rene
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