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Polarization of light and topological phases
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In this article, a survey and analysis of recent work on topological phases with polarization of light is presented, which has revealed several counterintuitive features of such phase shifts such as 2 nπ anholonomies, nonlinear and discontinuous behaviour originating from high singularities, peculiar spectral dependence, etc.About:
This article is published in Physics Reports.The article was published on 1997-03-01. It has received 256 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Polarization (waves) & Quantum decoherence.read more
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Geometric phase in beating of light waves
Antti Hannonen,Kimmo Saastamoinen,Lasse-Petteri Leppanen,Matias Koivurova,Andriy Shevchenko,Ari T. Friberg,Tero Setälä +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the phase difference over a single beating period decomposes into the Pancharatnam-Berry geometric phase and a dynamical phase of which the former depends exclusively on the intensities and polarization states of the interfering beams whereas the sum of phases is determined solely by the beam frequencies.
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Geometry and control of three-wave interactions
TL;DR: In this paper, the integrable structure of the three-wave equations is discussed in the setting of geometric mechanics, and the quasi-phase matching control strategy is described in this context.
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Distinguishability in quantum interference
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of distinguishability in the interference of three and four independent photons by using polarisation and time delays was investigated, and a new type of collective distinguishing phase appears that goes beyond a pairwise description of the similarity of quantum states.
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Large-aperture, wide-angle nonmechanical beam steering using polarization gratings
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe recent developments in large-aperture liquid crystal polarization gratings (LCPG) steering systems and summarize the performance of these systems and summarizes the performance being achieved.
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Principles of Optics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss various topics about optics, such as geometrical theories, image forming instruments, and optics of metals and crystals, including interference, interferometers, and diffraction.
Principles of Optics
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss various topics about optics, such as geometrical theories, image forming instruments, and optics of metals and crystals, including interference, interferometers, and diffraction.
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The physics of liquid crystals
P. G. de Gennes,Richard Alben +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define an order parameter statistical theories of the nematic order phenomonological description of the nematic-isotopic mixtures and describe the properties of these mixtures.
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Ellipsometry and polarized light
TL;DR: In this article, the polarization of light waves and propagation of polarized light through polarizing optical systems are discussed. But the authors focus on the application of ellipsometry in the field of measurement in ellipsometer systems.