The Majorana representation of polarization, and the Berry phase of light

DOI10.1080/09500349808230892zbMATH Open0948.78002OpenAlexW2062262390MaRDI QIDQ4490440FDOQ4490440

Authors: J. H. Hannay 

Publication date: 16 July 2000

Published in: Journal of Modern Optics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09500349808230892

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zbMATH Keywords

geometric Berry phase for light

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70) Physical optics (78A10)

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• Chaotic analytic zero points: exact statistics for those of a random spin state
• Atomi orientati in campo magnetico variabile
• Quantal phase factors accompanying adiabatic changes
• The Adiabatic Phase and Pancharatnam's Phase for Polarized Light
• Intensity fluctuations from a one-dimensional random wavefront

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• The Jones vector as a spinor and its representation on the Poincaré sphere
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