• DocumentCode
    1978193
  • Title

    Electric field control of Berry phase in an optical interferometer

  • Author

    Woo, J.H. ; Choi, E.Y. ; Wu, J.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Ewha Womans Univ., Seoul, South Korea
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    30-3 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We observed a Pancharatnam´s phase of light using liquid crystal cell. Changes in the interference pattern are analyzed in terms of the geometric phase change. The electric field dependence of the interference pattern change exhibits the occurrence of geometric phase jump.
  • Keywords
    Berry phase; electro-optical effects; geometrical optics; light interference; light interferometers; liquid crystal devices; Berry phase; Pancharatnam´s phase; electric field control; geometric phase change; geometric phase jump; interference pattern; liquid crystal cell; optical interferometer; Berry phase; Interference; Liquid crystals; Optical control; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Voltage; geometric phase;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3829-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3830-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292498
  • Filename
    5292498