Geometry of adiabatic Hamiltonians for two-level quantum systems
: Lehto JMS, Suominen KA
Publisher: IOP Publishing LTD
: 2015
: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL
: J Phys A-Math Theor
: ARTN 235301
: 48
: 23
: 13
: 1751-8113
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/48/23/235301(external)
We present the formulation of the problem of the coherent dynamics of quantum mechanical two-level systems in the adiabatic region in terms of the differential geometry of plane curves. We show that there is a natural plane curve corresponding to the Hamiltonian of the system for which the geometrical quantities have a simple physical interpretation. In particular, the curvature of the curve has the role of the nonadiabatic coupling.