Berry phases for interacting spins in composite environments

TL;DR

This paper investigates Berry phases in a two-spin system where one spin interacts with a classical magnetic field and the other with a quantized field, revealing effects of vacuum states and couplings on geometric phases.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive analysis of Berry phases in a hybrid classical-quantized environment, including effects of vacuum states and the relationship with entanglement.

Findings

Classical magnetic fields influence Berry phases of the system and subsystems.

Vacuum states of quantized fields affect Berry phases even without photon excitation.

A relationship between concurrence and Berry phase for two-mode fields is established.

Abstract

Due to the potential application in quantum information process, geometric phase of interacting system arouse many interests. Some physicists concentrate on the system in pure classical envi- ronment, while others study the system in pure quantized environment. So a natural question is asked: how about an interacting system in composite environments made up of both classical and quantized field. In this letter, we analyze a quantum system composed of two interacting spins, of which one is in classical magnetic field and the other is in quantized field. First, classical magnetic field driven Berry phases for the whole system and subsystem are studied. The effect of couplings between particles and photon on these phases are analyzed. In comparison with the dynamical quantized field, We find that even a static quantized field in its vacuum state can also have an effect on Berry phase. Second, quantized field driven Berry phases for the whole system and sub- system are formulated, including both one and two mode of this field. The vacuum induced effects are elaborated, moreover compared with the constant vacuum induced phases in former papers, the counterpart in this letter varies according to classical magnetic field, couplings and other pa- rameters. For the two mode quantized field, the rigorous relationship between the concurrence and Berry phase for subsystem are built up.