Manifestations of Berry's topological phase for the photon

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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
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