The geometric phase

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Nov 1992 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 360, pages 307-313 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: Jeeva Anandan;

doi: 10.1038/360307a0

The geometric phase

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When a quantum system evolves so that it returns to its initial physical state, it acquires a 'memory' of this motion in the form of a geometric phase in the wavefunction. This phase has observable consequences in a wide range of physical systems, and its presence has now been convincingly demonstrated, for example, in optical and nuclear magnetic resonance experiments.

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