2003/03/11 by Jian Qi Shen, Shen, Jian Qi
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #Optics (physics.optics) #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Photonic and Optical Devices #physics.gen-ph #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0303043
5 pages, Latex
arxiv created 2003/03/11 · openalex publication_date 2003/03/11 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this Letter, it is claimed that, in addition to the Chiao-Wu geometric phase and optical Aharonov-Carmi geometric phase, there exists a new interesting geometric phase caused by the helicity inversion of photons in the optical fiber composed periodically of left- and right- handed (LRH) media. By making use of the Lewis-Riesenfeld invariant theory and the invariant-related unitary transformation formulation, we calculate this geometric phase. It is emphasized that this geometric phase should not been neglected when considering the anomalous refraction on the interfaces between left- and right- handed media.