The Non-Adiabatic Sub-Geometric Phase and Its Application on Quantum Transition

Abstract

Based on the adiabatic geometric phase concerning with density matrix[1] , we extend it to the sub-geometric phase in the non-adiabatic case. It is found that whatever the real part or imaginary part of the sub-geometric phase can play an important role in quantum transition. The imaginary part of sub-geometric phase can deviate the resonance peak in the quantum transition, which may bring modification on the level crossing, while the real part of sub-geometric phase will determine the stability of initial state according to the linear stability analysis theory, which can be regarded as somewhat complement on the selection rule of quantum transition. Finally, we illustrate them by two examples: one is the system with time-dependent perturbation, the other is a two-level system. It indicates that both the real and imaginary parts of sub-geometric phase have influence on quantum transition.