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

DOI10.1080/09500349808230892zbMath0948.78002OpenAlexW2062262390MaRDI QIDQ4490440

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

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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