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Title: | Thomas rotation and polarized light: A non-abelian geometric phase in optics |
Authors: | Samuel, J. Sinha, Supurna |
Keywords: | Geometric phase Polarized light Thomas rotation Non-abelian phase |
Issue Date: | May-1997 |
Publisher: | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. |
Citation: | Pramana, 1997, Vol. 48, p969-975. |
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. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1022 |
ISSN: | 0304-4289 |
Copyright: | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (TP) |
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