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Title: Dependence of Berry's phase for atom on a sign of the g factor in the rotating magnetic field

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda-shi, Chiba 278-8510 (Japan)

Berry's phase of the atom in the state with a positive or negative g factor for partial cycles of a rotating magnetic field was determined free from the dynamical phase shift using a time-domain atom interferometer. The experimental phase shift is in good agreement with the prediction of Berry's phase for partial cycles. It was found that the sense of Berry's phase depends on the sign of the magnetic quantum number, the sense of the rotating magnetic field, and the sign of the g factor of the state.

OSTI ID:
20717822
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Vol. 71, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.054101; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English