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Distinct Berry Phases in a Single Triangular M\"{o}bius Microwave Resonator

Classical Physics 2026-04-09 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Optics

Abstract

We report the experimental observation of two distinct Berry phases (+2π3+\frac{2\pi}{3} and 2π3-\frac{2\pi}{3}) generated on the surface of a M\"{o}bius cavity resonator at microwave frequencies supporting the TE1,0,n_{1,0,n} mode family. This resonator consists of a twisted, mirror-asymmetric prism with a cross-section of the triangular D3D_3 symmetry group, bent around on itself to form a ring. This geometric class supports resonant modes with nonzero electromagnetic helicity (i.e. nonzero EB\vec{E}\cdot\vec{B} product) at microwave frequencies. There exist modes with three-fold rotational symmetry as well as those that exhibit no rotational symmetry. The latter result in an accumulated Berry phase whilst the former do not, which is determined from the measured frequency shift of the modes when compared to a mirror-symmetric resonator of otherwise equivalent geometry.

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@article{arxiv.2506.07320,
  title  = {Distinct Berry Phases in a Single Triangular M\"{o}bius Microwave Resonator},
  author = {E. C. I. Paterson and M. E. Tobar and M. Goryachev and J. Bourhill},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.07320},
  year   = {2026}
}

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19 pages and 21 figures

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