Journal of Hebei North University
Fractal in Mixed State Geometric Phase
Yanxia Liu
Abstract
The Weierstrass function approach is applied to investigate the fractal of geometric phase.A noninteracting 4-spin-12 system is considered,of which each spin is driven by a local and rotating magnetic field.A mixed state of this system is constructed.The adiabatic geometric phase for the mixed state is calculated.The mixed state geometric phase is studied under two conditions:① adiabatic approximation;②letting the geometric phases in the mixed state small.The geometric phase for the mixed state becomes an average of the geometric phases of the pure states,weighed by their eigenvalues.The mixed state geometric phase is constructed into the form of Weierstrass function.A novel fractal evolution of the geometric phase is found.The evolution curve of the geometric phase is presented in a special example.The box-counting dimension of the evolution curve of the geometric phase is calculated.