Geometric Landau-Zener Interferometry

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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2011

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en

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207002/1-5

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Physical Review Letters, Volume 107, Issue 20

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We propose a new type of interferometry, based on geometric phases accumulated by a periodically driven two-level system undergoing multiple Landau-Zener transitions. As a specific example, we study its implementation in a superconducting charge pump. We find that interference patterns appear as a function of the pumping frequency and the phase bias, and clearly manifest themselves in the pumped charge. We also show that the effects described should persist in the presence of realistic decoherence.

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interferometry, Landau-Zener transitions, superconducting charge pumps

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Gasparinetti, S. & Solinas, P. & Pekola, Jukka. 2011. Geometric Landau-Zener Interferometry. Physical Review Letters. Volume 107, Issue 20. 207002/1-5. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.207002.