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The spinorial representation of polarized light and Berry phase

Optics 2011-07-18 v1

Abstract

From relativistic point of view it has been shown here that a polarized photon can be visualized to give an equivalent spinorial description when the two-component spinor is the eigenvector of 2×22\times2 Hermitian, Polarization matrix. The Berry phase of the initial state can be calculated by matrix method as it complete one rotation over a closed path on the Poincare's sphere.

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@article{arxiv.1107.1868,
  title  = {The spinorial representation of polarized light and Berry phase},
  author = {Dipti Banerjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.1868},
  year   = {2011}
}

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