The Berry Phase: Introduction and Examples

13.12.2018, 11:00  –  Albert-Einstein-Institut, Raum 0.01
Seminar Geometry and Physics

Lukas Böke (AEI - ETH)

The Berry phase was introduced by Michael Berry in the 80s, and a little later an elegant description in terms of holonomy was observed by Barry Simon. We introduce the Berry phase and the Berry-Simon connection, and then look at the Berry phase of an electron in a slowly-varying magnetic field, Rytov's law and the Pancharatnam phase.