Topological phases in quantum mechanics and polarization optics

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.

PACS: 03.65.Vf, 03.65.Ta, 42.50.−p (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1990v033n06ABEH002598
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1990/6/a/
Citation: Vinitskii S I, Derbov V L, Dubovik V M, Markovski B L, Stepanovskii Yu P "Topological phases in quantum mechanics and polarization optics" Sov. Phys. Usp. 33 (6) 403–428 (1990)

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Оригинал: Виницкий С И, Дербов В Л, Дубовик В М, Марковски Б Л, Степановский Ю П «Топологические фазы в квантовой механике и поляризационной оптике» УФН 160 (6) 1–49 (1990); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0160.199006a.0001

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