Berry phase and adiabaticity of a spin diffusing in a non-uniform magnetic field

Details Berry phase and adiabaticity of a spin diffusing in a non-uniform magnetic field Berry phase and adiabaticity of a spin diffusing in a non-uniform magnetic field

1998-03-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9803170v1

Phys.Rev.B 59, 2102 (1999)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

16 pages REVTEX, including 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.59.2102

An electron spin moving adiabatically in a strong, spatially non-uniform magnetic field accumulates a geometric phase or Berry phase, which might be observable as a conductance oscillation in a mesoscopic ring. Two contradicting theories exist for how strong the magnetic field should be to ensure adiabaticity if the motion is diffusive. To resolve this controversy, we study the effect of a non-uniform magnetic field on the spin polarization and on the weak-localization effect. The diffusion equation for the Cooperon is solved exactly. Adiabaticity requires that the spin-precession time is short compared to the elastic scattering time - it is not sufficient that it is short compared to the diffusion time around the ring. This strong condition severely complicates the experimental observation.

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