Interaction of two-level tunneling system with phonons

P. Gosar

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1976, vol. 85, issue 2, 374-388

Abstract: Properties of two-level tunneling system which interacts with lattice vibrations are discussed in the framework of the polaron theory and the phase space approach. The decrease of the dynamic distortion of the lattice with increasing ratio η of the rigid-lattice tunneling matrix element to the small polaron binding energy is calculated in the intermediate coupling regime 0 < η < 2. A relatively sharp transition from the distorted to the undistorted state of the lattice takes place when η crosses the value 2. The expressions for the renormalized tunneling matrix element and for the longitudinal relaxation time T1 are derived. A two-level tunneling model in which the double-well potential is asymmetric is also investigated.

Date: 1976
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(76)90056-X

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