Dynamics of geometric phase for composite quantum system under nonlocal unitary transformation: a case study of dimer system

In this paper, we explore the dynamical properties of geometric phase for a composite quantum system under the nonlocal unitary evolution. As an illustrative example, the analytical expressions of geometric phase are derived for the dimer system. We find that geometric phase presents some interesting properties with coupling strengths (corresponding to nonlocal unitary evolution), such as dynamical oscillation behavior with time evolution, monotonicity, symmetry, etc. We show that the geometric phase and entanglement have the same period for some conditions. Moreover, we discuss geometric phase of the whole system and its subsystems. Our investigations show that geometric phase can reflect some inherent properties of the system: it signals a transition from self-trapping to delocalization.