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REVIEWS OF TOPICAL PROBLEMS
Topological phases in quantum mechanics and polarization optics
S. I. Vinitskya, V. L. Derbovb, V. M. Dubovika, B. L. Markovskia, Yu. P. Stepanovskiic a Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region
b Saratov State University
c Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology
Abstract:
A mathematical treatment is presented of the known Berry, Wilczek–Zee, Aharonov–Anandan, and Pancharatnam topological phases, and simple illustrative examples of their quantum mechanics are presented. The continuity and connection is traced among the various phases, while filling the gap involved with the forgotten works of S. M. Rytov and V. V. Vladimirskiĭ in polarization optics. A set of current experiments in polarization optics where the topological phases are measured is discussed in detail. Additional information on recently obtained results involving manifestations of geometrical phases in quantum mechanics and other fields of physics is contained in the Appendix and in the studies cited there.
Citation:
S. I. Vinitsky, V. L. Derbov, V. M. Dubovik, B. L. Markovski, Yu. P. Stepanovskii, “Topological phases in quantum mechanics and polarization optics”, UFN, 160:6 (1990), 1–49; Phys. Usp., 33:6 (1990), 403–428
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