• Corpus ID: 119092540

The spinorial representation of polarized light and Berry phase

@article{Banerjee2011TheSR,
  title={The spinorial representation of polarized light and Berry phase},
  author={Dipti Banerjee},
  journal={arXiv: Optics},
  year={2011}
}

• D. Banerjee
• Published 10 July 2011
• Physics
• arXiv: Optics

From relativistic point of view it has been shown here that a polarized photon can be visualized to give an equivalent spinorial description when the two-component spinor is the eigenvector of $2\times2$ Hermitian, Polarization matrix. The Berry phase of the initial state can be calculated by matrix method as it complete one rotation over a closed path on the Poincare's sphere.