Title:	Transpose symmetry of the Jones matrix and topological phases
Authors:	Bhandari, R.
Keywords:	Optical devices: Beam splitters Optical devices : Polarization-selective devices Optical devices : Multilayers Physical optics : Polarization
Issue Date:	Apr-2008
Publisher:	Optical Society of America
Citation:	Optics Letters, 2008, Vol.33, p854
Abstract:	The transmission Jones matrix of an arbitrary stack of reciprocal plane-parallel plates that has been turned through 180° about an axis in the plane of the stack is, in an appropriate basis, the transpose of the transmission matrix of the unturned slab with a change in the sign of the off-diagonal elements. We prove this convention-free result for the case where reflection at the interfaces can be ignored and use it to devise an experimental scheme to separate isotropic and topological phase changes in a reciprocal optical medium.
Description:	Restricted Access. An open-access version is available at arXiv.org (one of the alternative locations)
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3583
ISSN:	ISSN: 0146-9592 (print) ISSN: 1539-4794 (online)
Alternative Location:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.33.000854 http://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2771
Copyright:	2008 Optical Society of America
Additional information:	Erratum published in Optics Letters, Vol.33, p2985, 2008
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (A&A)

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