Geometry of mixed states and degeneracy structure of geometric phases for multi-level quantum systems. A unitary group approach

Details Geometry of mixed states and degeneracy structure of geometric phases for multi-level quantum systems. A unitary group approach Geometry of mixed states and degeneracy structure of geometric phases for multi-level quantum systems. A unitary group approach

2001-05-03

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0105007v1

Physics

Quantum Physics

Latex, 27 pp

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217751X01005870

We analyze the geometric aspects of unitary evolution of general states for a multilevel quantum system by exploiting the structure of coadjoint orbits in the unitary group Lie algebra. Using the same method in the case of SU(3) we study the effect of degeneracies on geometric phases for three-level systems. This is shown to lead to a highly nontrivial generalization of the result for two-level systems in which degeneracy results in a "monopole" structure in parameter space. The rich structures that arise are related to the geometry of adjoint orbits in SU(3). The limiting case of a two-level degeneracy in a three-level system is shown to lead to the known monopole structure.

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