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Title: Pancharatnam's route to the geometric phase
Authors: Nityananda, R.
Issue Date: 25-Aug-1994
Publisher: Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.
Citation: Current Science, 1994, Vol. 67, p238-244.
Abstract: This article focuses on the route by which Pancharatnam was led to the geometric phase. Barring a near-miraculous result from spherical trigonometry which he pulls out of the air, it is seen to be a systematic attack on problems of analysis and synthesis of polarized light, entirely following from just one basic principle and presented as a series of propositions. It is also noted that the phase was quite central to the interpretation of this own experiments and to his other theoretical work.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/959
ISSN: 0011-3891
Copyright: Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India.
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