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Interferometric Geometric Phases of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric Quantum Mechanics (2401.07442v2)

Published 15 Jan 2024 in quant-ph, cond-mat.mes-hall, and cond-mat.other

Abstract: We present a generalization of the geometric phase to pure and thermal states in $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric quantum mechanics (PTQM) based on the approach of the interferometric geometric phase (IGP). The formalism first introduces the parallel-transport conditions of quantum states and reveals two geometric phases, $\theta1$ and $\theta2$, for pure states in PTQM according to the states under parallel-transport. Due to the non-Hermitian Hamiltonian in PTQM, $\theta1$ is complex and $\theta2$ is its real part. The imaginary part of $\theta1$ plays an important role when we generalize the IGP to thermal states in PTQM. The generalized IGP modifies the thermal distribution of a thermal state, thereby introducing effective temperatures. At certain critical points, the generalized IGP exhibits discrete jumps at finite temperatures, signaling a geometric phase transition. We demonstrate the finite-temperature geometric phase transition in PTQM by a two-level system and visualize its results.

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