Quantum phase interference for quantum tunneling in spin systems

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作者
Liang, JQ [1 ]
Müller-Kirsten, HJW
Park, DK
Pu, FC
机构
[1] Univ Kaiserslautern, Dept Phys, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
[2] Shanxi Univ, Inst Theoret Phys, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, Peoples R China
[3] Shanxi Univ, Dept Phys, Taiyuan 030006, Shanxi, Peoples R China
[4] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
[5] Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Condensed Matter Phys, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
[6] Guangzhou Normal Coll, Dept Phys, Guangzhou 510400, Peoples R China
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10.1103/PhysRevB.61.8856
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
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 phase 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 in addition to the known phase obtained with the semiclassical treatment of spin. We also show the energy dependence of the effect and obtain the tunneling splitting at excited states with the help of periodic instantons.
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页码:8856 / 8862
页数:7
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