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Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

On geometric phases and dynamical invariants

Diana Monteoliva, H. J. Korsch, J A Nunez

Published Oct 21, 1994• 74 citations
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Abstract

A formalism is developed for calculating Berry phases for nonadiabatic time-periodic quantum systems when a dynamical invariant is known. It is found that, when the invariant is periodic and has a nondegenerate spectrum, this method allows a convenient way to obtain generalized Berry phases and the proper cyclic initial states. The method is applied to the generalized harmonic oscillator and the two-level system, where the invariant operators are explicitly constructed. Formulae for the conventional Berry's phases are readily obtained by taking the adiabatic limit of the exact results.

DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/27/20/025

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