Wavefunction transformation due to changing group and phase velocities
Year: 2013
Type: preprint
Abstract: If a time-dependent Hamiltonian is allowed to evolve adiabatically, and after a cycle, if it returns to its original form, then the ground state wavefunction must have picked up the dynamic or(and) the geometric phase factor(s) due to some interaction during the above evolution. Here, (i) we invoke the Pancharatnam's notion of phase retardation to show that the microscopic origin of Berry's phase is due to a change in the phase velocity (of a wavefunction), and (ii) the dynamic phase factor is shown to have its origin in the group velocity of a wavefunction. We also expose that the emitted photon polarization during an electronic transition has its origin in the changes of the phase velocity of the electron wavefunction.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Andrew Das Arulsamy
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2336765610