| Issue |
Photoniques
Number 116, 2022
Optical Materials
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| Page(s) | 58 - 63 | |
| Section | Back to basics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/photon/202211658 | |
| Published online | 21 November 2022 | |
The geometric phase made simple
1
Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, 13397 Marseille, France
2
The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627, USA
3
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, UK
* e-mail : miguel.alonso@fresnel.fr
We give a simple description of the Pancharatnam-Berry geometric phase and some of its applications in optics. Geometric phases are a universal phenomenon, but we focus here on the case of geometric phases caused by changes in polarization. The geometric origin of this phase is explained by analogy with the motion of an imaginary creature living on a small planet, inspired by Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince”.
© The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2022
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