Proposed interferometry test of noncyclic geometric phase

Authors
Sjoqvist, E
Citation
E. Sjoqvist, Proposed interferometry test of noncyclic geometric phase, PHYS LETT A, 286(1), 2001, pp. 4-6
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
286
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
4 - 6
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(20010716)286:1<4:PITONG>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
An interferometric test of the geometric phase in noncyclic spin-1/2 preces sion is proposed. It is shown that the resulting interference shift depends only on the noncyclic geometric phase for any opening angle on the Bloch s phere as well as for any degree of polarisation. (C) 2001 Published by Else vier Science B.V.