NMR investigations of Dynamical Tunneling in Spin Systems

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Hauptverfasser: Krithika, V. R., Santhanam, M. S., Mahesh, T. S.
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author Krithika, V. R.
Santhanam, M. S.
Mahesh, T. S.
author_facet Krithika, V. R.
Santhanam, M. S.
Mahesh, T. S.
contents In the usual quantum tunneling, a low-energy quantum particle penetrates across a physical barrier of higher potential energy, by traversing a classically forbidden region, and finally escapes into another region. In an analogous scenario, a classical particle inside a closed regular region in the phase space is dynamically bound from escaping to other regions of the phase space. Here, the physical potential barrier is replaced by dynamical barriers which separate different regions of the phase space. However, in the quantum regime, the system can overcome such dynamical barriers and escape through them, giving rise to dynamical tunneling. In chaotic Hamiltonian systems, dynamical tunneling refers to quantum tunneling between states whose classical limit correspond to symmetry-related regular regions separated by a chaotic zone between which any classical transport is prohibited. Here, an experimental realization of dynamical tunneling in spin systems is reported using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) architecture. In particular, dynamical tunneling in quantum kicked tops of spin-1 and spin-3/2 systems using two- and three-qubit NMR registers is investigated. By extracting time-dependent expectation values of the angular momentum operator components, size-dependent tunneling behaviour for various initial states is systematically investigated. Further, by monitoring the adverse effects of dephasing noise on the tunneling oscillations, we assert the importance of quantum coherence in enabling dynamical tunneling.
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spellingShingle NMR investigations of Dynamical Tunneling in Spin Systems
Krithika, V. R.
Santhanam, M. S.
Mahesh, T. S.
Quantum Physics
Chaotic Dynamics
In the usual quantum tunneling, a low-energy quantum particle penetrates across a physical barrier of higher potential energy, by traversing a classically forbidden region, and finally escapes into another region. In an analogous scenario, a classical particle inside a closed regular region in the phase space is dynamically bound from escaping to other regions of the phase space. Here, the physical potential barrier is replaced by dynamical barriers which separate different regions of the phase space. However, in the quantum regime, the system can overcome such dynamical barriers and escape through them, giving rise to dynamical tunneling. In chaotic Hamiltonian systems, dynamical tunneling refers to quantum tunneling between states whose classical limit correspond to symmetry-related regular regions separated by a chaotic zone between which any classical transport is prohibited. Here, an experimental realization of dynamical tunneling in spin systems is reported using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) architecture. In particular, dynamical tunneling in quantum kicked tops of spin-1 and spin-3/2 systems using two- and three-qubit NMR registers is investigated. By extracting time-dependent expectation values of the angular momentum operator components, size-dependent tunneling behaviour for various initial states is systematically investigated. Further, by monitoring the adverse effects of dephasing noise on the tunneling oscillations, we assert the importance of quantum coherence in enabling dynamical tunneling.
title NMR investigations of Dynamical Tunneling in Spin Systems
topic Quantum Physics
Chaotic Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.12350