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Uspekhi Fizicheskih Nauk

Topological phases in quantum mechanics and polarization optics

S. I. Vinitskii, Vladimir Leonardovich Derbov, V.M. Dubovik, B.L. Markovski, Yu. P. Stepanovsky

Published Jan 1, 1990• 68 citations
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10.3367/ufnr.0160.199006a.0001

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