Eur. Phys. J. D (2014) 68: 144
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2014-40720-8

Regular Article

Coherence in a dissipative two-level system

Quantum Research Group, School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal and National Institute for Theoretical Physics, KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, 4000 Durban, South Africa

^a e-mail: filgi@libero.it

Received: 15 November 2013
Published online: 13 June 2014

Abstract

Inhibited decoherence has been recently observed in a dissipative two-level system by increasing the strength of the coupling with the reservoir. The system is described by the spin-boson model under a perturbation approach in the delocalized phase regime occurring in weak-coupling limit at zero temperature. Within this scenario, persistence of coherence is found over long times for various low frequency structures of the bosonic environment near a band gap. Special resonances provoke transitions in the long time dynamics if the transition amplitude of the two-level system is greater than the band gap frequency or in absence of any band gap. These transitions may hinder the the loss of coherence in the spin-boson model. Limitations of the approximations are also discussed.