Quantum Tricritical Point in the Spin-Boson Model with an Ohmic Bath

The dynamics of the spin-boson model with an Ohmic bath at finite temperature is studied by a variational calculation. Numerical solution of the self-consistent equation derived from the variational method shows that the transition from incoherent to coherent phases is discontinuous. It indicates that （T = 0, s = 1） is a tricritical point, i.e. the transition changes from continuous to discontinuous by tuning from T = 0 to T≠ 0. The discontinuous transition at finite temperature is analysed by Landau theory and the relation to the experimental observation on the coherent state is also discussed.     

NUMERICAL STUDY ON TUNNELING SPLITTING IN BIAIXAL SPIN SYSTEMS

Numerical study on tunneling splitting in biaxial spin systems is done by performing diagonalization of the Hamilton operator. It is found that the calculated energy splitting agrees quantitatively with theoretical prediction of instanton method. Our result shows that both the instanton method and the large spin limit work well for the total spin around 10. By including the fourth-order term in Hamiltonian, experimental observation can be re-covered quantitatively.     

KdV方程的直接微扰方法

系统地讨论了含修正项的KdV方程的直接微扰方法.从反散射变换所得的不含修正项方程的严格多孤子解出发,导出了线性化算子的零本征值的所有本征函数——平方Jost函数.引入了它们所对应的伴随函数和定义了内积.计算了应有的正交关系,并自然得到单位元的平方Jost函数的展开式.利用广义的Marchenko方程,证明了平方Jost函数的完备性.同时得到展开式中的积分是沿实轴从－∞到∞,但在原点附近将从上方绕过.这不同于过去所得的Cauchy主值积分.为最明确显示这一差别,在单孤子情况下又用平方Jost函数的显式,直接作了验证．同时指出,以前由于取Cauchy主值积分导出的KdV方程所特有的孤子尾,在采用从上方绕过原点的积分时,则事实上并不存在． 关键词：     

A SOLITON PERTURBATION THEORY FOR THE UNSTABLE NONLINEAR SCHR?DINGER EQUATION WITH CORRECTIONS

Based on the Zakharov-Shabat equation of the inverse scattering transform for the unstable nonlinear Schr?dinger equation, for which a perturbation theory with corrections is developed in this paper. All necessary formulae for calculating the scattering data are derived. Based upon these formulae, the effect due to the corrections can be studied. As an example, the correction due to the damping is calculated.     

Coherent incoherent transition in the spin boson model with a super-ohmic bath

The temperature effect on tunnelling splitting in the spin--boson model with a super-ohmic bath is studied by the small polaron theory. The coherent--incoherent transition temperature is calculated and its dependence on dissipation strength and bare tunnelling splitting is analysed. In additional to the traditional transition point described in textbooks, a new kind of transition is found in the low dissipation region, showing different temperature dependence in the transition. The relation to the corresponding transition in the polaron--phonon system is also discussed.     

A DIRECT PERTURBATION THEORY OF THE NONLINEAR SCHR?DINGER EQUATION WITH CORRECTIONS

An exact direct perturbation theory of nonlinear Schrodinger equation with corrections is developed under the condition that the initial value of the perturbed solution is equal to the value of an exact multisoliton solution at a particular time. After showing the squared Jost functions are the eigenfunctions of the linearized operator with a vanishing eigenvalue,suitable definitions of adjoint functions and inner product are introduced. Orthogonal relations are derived and the expansion of the unity in terms of the squared Jost functions is naturally implied. The completeness of the squared Jost functions is shown by the generalized Marchenko equation. As an example,the evolution of a Raman loss compensated soliton in an optical fiber is treated.     

稳恒电、磁场中量子阱内极化子的基态能量

采用Ｌａｒｓｅｎ谐振子算符代数运算与变分波函数相结合的方法，研究处于与生长轴方向平行的稳恒电、磁场中量子阱内的电子——体纵光学声子相互作用系统。得到系统包括二级微扰修正的、作为量子阶宽度、电子－声子耦合常数以及电、磁场强度函数的基态能量表达式。结果表明：对电子基态能量的极化影响，随阱宽及电场强度的增大而减弱，而随磁场强度的增大而增强。 关键词：     

Effectively Blocked Mechanism in Quantum Tunnelling of n-Coupled Single-Molecular Magnets

We present theoretical study on quantum tunnelling in s-coupled single-molecule magnets （SMMs） by spincoherent-state path integral. It is found that, due to weak coupling between SMMs, the tunnelling process involving more than one-spin-flip is effectively blocked and the main contribution to the relaxation of the mag- netization comes from the tunnelling processes involving just one-spin-flip. Starting from the negative saturated magnetization, the effect of the antiferromagnetic on tunnelling coupling is found to be qualitatively different from the ferromagnetic coupling. A criterion is developed to determine both the nature and the strength of the exchange coupling from the position of the first resonance of a spherical sample with homogeneous magnetization.     

Influence of a phonon bath in a quantum dot cavity QED system:Dependence of the shape

We present a systematic analysis on the role of the quantum dot （QD） shape in the influence of the phonon bath on the dynamics of a QD cavity QED system. The spectral functions of the phonon bath in three representative QD shapes： spherical, ellipsoidal, and disk, are calculated from the carrier wave functions subjected to the confinement potential provided by the corresponding shape. The obtained spectral functions are used to calculate three main effects brought by the phonon bath, i.e., the coupling renormalization, the off-resonance assisted feeding rate and the pure dephasing rate. It is found that the spectral function of a disk QD has the widest distribution, hence the phonon bath in a disk QD can lead to the smallest renormalization factor, the largest dephasing rate in the short time domains（≤2 ps）, and the oft-resonance assisted feeding can support the widest detuning. Except for the pure dephasing rate in the long time domains, all the influences brought by the phonon bath show serious shape dependence.     

Comparison of calculation methods for the tunnel splitting at excited states of biaxial spin models

We present the calculation and comparison of tunnel splitting at excited levels of biaxial spin models by various methods, including the generalized instanton method, the generalized path integral method for coherent spin states, the perturbation method, and the exact method by numerical diagonalization of the Hamiltonian. It is found that, for integer spin with spin number around 10, tunnel splitting predicted by the generalized path integral for coherent spin states is about 10^{-n} times of the exact numerical result for the nth excited level, while the ratio of the results of the perturbation method and the exact numerical method diverges in the large spin limit. We thus conclude that the generalized instanton method is the best approximate way for calculating tunnel splitting in spin models.