Physical Review A
Dynamical manifestation of an evolving Berry phase as a frequency shift of the resonance transition between two eigenstates
Koichi Toriyama, Akihide Oguchi, Atsuo Morinaga
Abstract
We investigate the phenomenon that a Berry phase evolving linearly in time induces a frequency shift of the resonance transition between two eigenstates, regardless of whether or not they are superposed. Using the magnetic-field-insensitive two-photon microwave---radio-frequency transition, which is free of any other dynamical frequency shift, we demonstrate that the frequency shift caused by a uniform rotation of the magnetic field corresponds to the derivative of the Berry phase with respect to time and depends on the direction of rotation of the magnetic field.