Publication Type |
Journal Article |
School or College |
College of Science |
Department |
Physics |
Creator |
Wu, Yong-Shi |
Other Author |
Chiao, Raymond Y. |
Title |
Manifestations of Berry's topological phase for the photon |
Date |
1986-08 |
Description |
Recently, Berry recognized in quantum mechanics a topological phase factor arising from the adiabatic transport of a system around a closed circuit, which is essentially the Aharonov-Bohm effect in parameter space. Here we consider manifestations of this phase factor for a photon in a state of adiabatically invariant helicity. An interferometer is suggested to see this phase. Also, an effective optical activity for a helical optical fiber is predicted. These effects emerge on a classical level as topological features of Maxwell's theory. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
American Physical Society |
Journal Title |
Physical Review Letters |
Volume |
57 |
Issue |
8 |
First Page |
933 |
Last Page |
936 |
DOI |
10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.933 |
citatation_issn |
0031-9007 |
Subject |
Aharonov-Bohm effect; Optical fibers; Waveguide |
Subject LCSH |
Geometric quantum phases; Photons; Bosons; Magnetic fields |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Chiao, R. Y., & Wu, Y.-S. (1986). Manifestations of Berry's topological phase for the photon. Physical Review Letters, 57(8), Aug., 933-6. |
Rights Management |
(c) American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.933 |
Format Medium |
application/pdf |
Format Extent |
428,138 bytes |
Identifier |
ir-main,9506 |
ARK |
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Setname |
ir_uspace |
ID |
706883 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dz0szz |