Thomas rotation and polarized light: A non-abelian geometric phase in optics
| dc.contributor.author | Samuel, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sinha, Supurna | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-01-02T04:53:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-01-02T04:53:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1997-05 | |
| dc.description.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. | en |
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| dc.identifier.citation | Pramana, 1997, Vol. 48, p969-975. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0304-4289 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1022 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. | en |
| dc.rights | Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. | en |
| dc.subject | Geometric phase | en |
| dc.subject | Polarized light | en |
| dc.subject | Thomas rotation | en |
| dc.subject | Non-abelian phase | en |
| dc.title | Thomas rotation and polarized light: A non-abelian geometric phase in optics | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |