Dissipative features of the driven spin-fermion system

Abstract

We study a generic spin-fermion model, where a two-level system (spin) is coupled to two metallic leads with different chemical potentials, in the presence of monochromatic driving fields. The real-time dynamics of the system is simulated beyond the Markovian limit by an iterative numerically exact influence functional path integral method. Our results show that although both system-bath coupling and chemical potential difference contribute to dissipation, their effects are distinct. In particular, under certain drivings the asymptotic Floquet states of the system exhibit robustness against a range of system-bath coupling strength: the asymptotic behaviors of the system are insensitive to different system-bath coupling strength, while they are highly tunable by the chemical potential difference of baths. Further simulations show that such robustness may be essentially a result of the interplay between driving, bath electronic structure and system-bath coupling. Therefore the robustness could break down depending on the characteristics of the interplay. In addition, under fast linearly polarized driving the quantum stochastic resonance is demonstrated that stronger system-bath coupling (stronger dissipation) enhances rather than suppresses the amplitude of coherent oscillations of the system.