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dc.contributor.author | Ramaseshan, S. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Nityananda, R. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-01-06T05:27:07Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2006-01-06T05:27:07Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1986-12-20 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Current Science, 1986, Vol. 55, p1225-1226. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0011-3891 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1104 | - |
dc.description | Open Access. Reprinted in Selected papers on fundamentals of quantum optics, Ed. G S Agarwal & B J Thompson. p299, SPIE milestone series Vol. MS103, SPIE, 1995. | - |
dc.description.abstract | The term "Berry's phase" is now commonly used to describe the change in the phase of a quantum state vector under a sequence of adiabatic changes which returns the system to its original state. The purpose of this note is to point out that a particular case of this concept, as applied to the interference of polarized light, was studied both theoretically and experimentally in a series of papers published in the fifties by S. Pancharatnam. The phase term is proportional to a solid angle on the Poincare sphere which represents the states of polarization of light. | en |
dc.format.extent | 121276 bytes | - |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | - |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. | en |
dc.rights | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. | en |
dc.title | The interference of polarized light as an early example of Berry's phase | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (LAMP) |
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