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Berry phase effects on electronic properties

2009/07/12 by Di Xiao, Ming-Che Chang, Qian Niu · 5,259 citations
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Berry connection and curvature #Condensed matter physics #Electron #Geometric phase #Graphene research and applications #Physics #Quantum #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum mechanics #Semiclassical physics #Theoretical physics #Topological Materials and Phenomena #Wave function #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/revmodphys.82.1959

published in Reviews of Modern Physics 82(3), 1959-2007 (American Physical Society) · 48 pages, 16 figures, submitted to RMP

arxiv created 2009/07/12 · openalex publication_date 2010/07/06 · arxiv updated 2010/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Ever since its discovery the notion of Berry phase has permeated through all branches of physics. Over the past three decades it was gradually realized that the Berry phase of the electronic wave function can have a profound effect on material properties and is responsible for a spectrum of phenomena, such as polarization, orbital magnetism, various (quantum, anomalous, or spin) Hall effects, and quantum charge pumping. This progress is summarized in a pedagogical manner in this review. A brief summary of necessary background is given and a detailed discussion of the Berry phase effect in a variety of solid-state applications. A common thread of the review is the semiclassical formulation of electron dynamics, which is a versatile tool in the study of electron dynamics in the presence of electromagnetic fields and more general perturbations. Finally, a requantization method is demonstrated that converts a semiclassical theory to an effective quantum theory. It is clear that the Berry phase should be added as an essential ingredient to our understanding of basic material properties.

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