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Article Dans Une Revue Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures Année : 2014

Geometric phase and Pancharatnam phase induced by light wave polarization

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We use the quantum kinematic approach to revisit geometric phases associated with polarizing processes of a monochromatic light wave. We give the expressions of geometric phases for any, unitary or non-unitary, cyclic or non-cyclic transformations of the light wave state. Contrarily to the usually considered case of absorbing polarizers, we found that a light wave passing through a polarizer may acquire in general a non zero geometric phase. This geometric phase exists despite the fact that initial and final polarization states are in phase according to the Pancharatnam criterion and can not be measured using interferometric superposition. Consequently, there is a difference between the Pancharatnam phase and the complete geometric phase acquired by a light wave passing through a polarizer. We illustrate our work with the particular example of total reflection based polarizers.

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hal-01651357 , version 1 (29-11-2017)

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José Lages, Remo Giust, J.-M. Vigoureux. Geometric phase and Pancharatnam phase induced by light wave polarization. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 2014, 59, pp.6 - 14. ⟨10.1016/j.physe.2013.12.003⟩. ⟨hal-01651357⟩
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