Polarization coherent states and geometric phases in quantum optics

1996/08/02 by V. P. Karassiov, Karassiov, V. P., V. L. Derbov +5
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/9608002

17 pages, LATEX

arxiv created 1996/08/02 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Polarization coherent states (PCS) are considered as generalized coherent states of SU(2)_p group of the polarization invariance of the light fields. The geometric phases of PCS are introduced in a way, analogous to that used in the classical polarization optics.

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