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Quantum Optics Journal of the European Optical Society Part B

On the classical origin of Berry's phase for photons

Y Q Cai, G. Papini, W. R. Wood, S. R. Valluri

Published Sep 1, 1989• 5 citations
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Abstract

Berry's phase for photons is derived from Maxwell's theory and is shown to be classical. The approach is geometrically obvious and is shown to be equivalent to those of F.D.M. Haldane (1987) and J. Segert (1987). The phase remains the same for plane wave solutions in the Heisenberg-Euler nonlinear electrodynamics.
DOI
10.1088/0954-8998/1/1/005

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