Rotation operator approach for the dynamics of non-dissipative multi-state Landau-Zener problems: Exact solutions

The paper investigates exact time-dependent analytical solutions of the Landau-Zener (LZ) transitions for spin one-half subjected to classical noise field using rotation operator approach introduced by Zhou and co-authors. The particular case of the LZ model subjected to colored noise field is studied and extended to arbitrary spin magnitude. Transition probabilities are derived regardless of the initial configuration of the system and are found to be functions of the sort for Stokes constant. It is observed that the latter may be completely evaluated provided we have knowledge of the phase difference between noise in x− and y−directions. Transition probabilities are found to depend not only on the LZ parameter and noise frequency, but also on the states involved in the study. In particular, the coherence of the system is sustained for an exceedingly long time when many levels are considered in an atom and if in addition, the LZ parameter tends to unity and the noise' frequency is low.