Transport equations for polarized light and Berry's phase

Details Transport equations for polarized light and Berry's phase Transport equations for polarized light and Berry's phase

Dec 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990cqgra...7.2367b&link_type=abstract

Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 0264-9381), vol. 7, Dec. 1990, p. 2367-2373.

Physics

Optics

3

Fiber Optics, Light Transmission, Linear Polarization, Polarized Light, Optical Fibers, Space-Time Functions

Scientific paper

In recent years, Berry's phase has appeared in many fields of theoretical physics. Experimentally, a direct measure of Berry's phase at the classical level is given by the rotation of the polarization angle of linearly polarized light, propagating along wound optical fibers. To describe the propagation of polarized light in nontrivial background geometries, transport equations for the Stokes parameters have recently been derived by making use of a covariant generalization of the Wigner transformation. Here, it is shown that these equations in the classical limit correctly describe the experimental measurement of Berry's phase for polarized light.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Transport equations for polarized light and Berry's phase does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Transport equations for polarized light and Berry's phase, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Transport equations for polarized light and Berry's phase will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1630120