The interference of polarized light as an early example of Berry's  phase

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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
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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.title	The interference of polarized light as an early example of Berry's phase	en
dc.type	Article	en
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