Berry Phase Mediated Topological Transport of Photons, Electrons and Cold Atoms

Berry phase has found wide applications in physics, and has emerged as a unifying concept in describing and predicting physical properties of many systems. In this talk, I will give a broad introduction about the Berry phase and its applications in different fields. I will illustrate the effects of Berry phase on the transport properties of photons, electrons and cold atoms through three examples: 1) A geometric optics theory for the transport of light in photonic crystals; 2) Topological thermoelectric transport in single and bilayer graphene; 2) Engineering topological p-wave superfluids from regular s-wave interactions.   Dept. of Physics, Washington State University

2009-09-10T18:32:27-07:00

A. Clark 79 Fulmer 438 Prof. Chuanwei Zhang 2009-11-30T16:10:00-08:00 Berry Phase Mediated Topological Transport of Photons, Electrons and Cold Atoms

2009-11-19T13:48:58-08:00