Optimal design strategy for non-Abelian geometric phases using Abelian gauge fields based on quantum metric

Geometric phases, which are ubiquitous in quantum mechanics, are commonly more than only scalar quantities. Indeed, often they are matrix-valued objects that are connected with non-Abelian geometries. Here, we show how generalized non-Abelian geometric phases can be realized using electromagnetic wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mark Kremer, Lucas Teuber, Alexander Szameit, Stefan Scheel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-11-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.1.033117