Aharonov-Bohm-like effect for light propagating in nematics with disclinations
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-10-24 v1
Abstract
Using a geometric approach for the propagation of light in anisotropic media, we investigate what effect the director field of disclinations may have on the polarization state of light. Parallel transport around the defect, of the spinor describing the polarization, indicates the acquisition of a topological phase, in analogy with the Aharonov-Bohm effect.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0709.3142,
title = {Aharonov-Bohm-like effect for light propagating in nematics with disclinations},
author = {A. M. de M. Carvalho and C. Satiro and F. Moraes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.3142},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, to appear in Europhysics Letters