Thomas rotation and polarized light:  A non-abelian geometric phase in optics

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dc.contributor.author	Samuel, J.	-
dc.contributor.author	Sinha, Supurna	-
dc.date.accessioned	2006-01-02T04:53:37Z	-
dc.date.available	2006-01-02T04:53:37Z	-
dc.date.issued	1997-05	-
dc.identifier.citation	Pramana, 1997, Vol. 48, p969-975.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0304-4289	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1022	-
dc.description.abstract	We describe a non-abelian Berry phase in polarization optics, suggested by an analogy due to Nityananda between boosts in special relativity and the effect of elliptic dichroism on polarized light. The analogy permits a simple optical realization of the non-abelian gauge field describing Thomas rotation. We also show how Thomas rotation can be understood geometrically on the Poincare sphere in terms of the Pancharatnam phase.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.	en
dc.rights	Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.	en
dc.subject	Geometric phase	en
dc.subject	Polarized light	en
dc.subject	Thomas rotation	en
dc.subject	Non-abelian phase	en
dc.title	Thomas rotation and polarized light: A non-abelian geometric phase in optics	en
dc.type	Article	en
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