Physical Review Letters

Noncyclic Geometric Phase Shift for Quantal Revivals

Gonzalo G. de Polavieja

Published Jul 6, 1998• 42 citations

Abstract

The theory of quantal revivals is extended to Hamiltonians that are time dependent through the slow noncyclic change of some parameters. It is shown by generalizing the cyclic geometric phase (Berry's phase) to noncyclic Hamiltonians that there is a noncyclic geometric displacement for all quantum revivals. The treatment of the classical mechanical geometric angle is also extended to open paths in parameter space and its semiclassical relation with the noncyclic geometric phase derived. The displacement of the revivals is then shown to be given by the total angle shift on the final torus sum of the dynamical angle and the noncyclic geometric angle.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.81.1

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