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The interference of polarized light as an early example of Berry's phase

S. Ramaseshan, Rajaram Nityananda

Published Dec 20, 1986• 14 citations
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Open Access. Reprinted in Selected papers on fundamentals of quantum optics, Ed. G S Agarwal & B J Thompson. p299, SPIE milestone series Vol. MS103, SPIE, 1995.

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