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Stochastic dynamics and control of a driven nonlinear spin chain: the role of Arnold diffusion
L Chotorlishvili1, Z Toklikishvili, J Berakdar
1Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Heinrich-Damerow-Straße 4, D-06120 Halle, Germany. Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany. Physics Department, Tbilisi State University, Chavchavadze Avenue 3, 0128 Tbilisi, Georgia.
Abstract:
We study a chain of nonlinear interacting spins driven by a static and a time-dependent magnetic field. The aim is to identify the conditions for the locally and temporally controlled spin switching. Analytical and full numerical calculations show the possibility of stochastic control if the underlying semiclassical dynamics is chaotic. This is achievable by tuning the external field parameters according to the method described in this paper. We show analytically for a finite spin chain that Arnold diffusion is the underlying mechanism for the present stochastic control. Quantum mechanically we consider the regime where the classical dynamics is regular or chaotic. For the latter we utilize the random matrix theory. The efficiency and the stability of the non-equilibrium quantum spin states are quantified by the time dependence of the Bargmann angle related to the geometric phases of the states.
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