Observation of a non-adiabatic geometric phase for elastic waves

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2011.11.014zbMATH Open1243.81083arXiv1103.4506OpenAlexW3100567846MaRDI QIDQ412162FDOQ412162

Nicolas Le Bihan, Stefan Catheline, Vincent Rossetto, Jérémie Boulanger

Publication date: 4 May 2012

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We report the experimental observation of a geometric phase for elastic waves in a waveguide with helical shape. The setup reproduces the experiment by Tomita and Chiao [A. Tomita, R.Y. Chiao, Phys. Rev. Lett. 57 (1986) 937-940, 2471] that showed first evidence of a Berry phase, a geometric phase for adiabatic time evolution, in optics. Experimental evidence of a non-adiabatic geometric phase has been reported in quantum mechanics. We have performed an experiment to observe the polarization transport of classical elastic waves. In a waveguide, these waves are polarized and dispersive. Whereas the wavelength is of the same order of magnitude as the helix's radius, no frequency dependent correction is necessary to account for the theoretical prediction. This shows that in this regime, the geometric phase results directly from geometry and not from a correction to an adiabatic phase.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.4506

zbMATH Keywords

waveguideelastic wavesgeometric phase

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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