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Phys. Rev. A 69, 032112 (2004) [7 pages]

Berry phase in entangled systems: A proposed experiment with single neutrons

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Reinhold A. Bertlmann1, Katharina Durstberger1,*, Yuji Hasegawa2, and Beatrix C. Hiesmayr3,†
1Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
2Atominstitut de Österreichischen Universitäten, Stadionällee 2, 1020 Vienna, Austria
3Grup de Física Teòrica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain

Received 15 September 2003; published 25 March 2004

The influence of the geometric phase, in particular the Berry phase, on an entangled spin-1/2 system is studied. We discuss in detail the case, where the geometric phase is generated only by one part of the Hilbert space. We are able to cancel the effects of the dynamical phase by using the “spin-echo” method. We analyze how the Berry phase affects the Bell angles and the maximal violation of a Bell inequality. Furthermore we suggest an experimental realization of our setup within neutron interferometry.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.032112
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.69.032112
PACS:
03.65.Vf, 03.65.Ud, 03.75.Dg, 42.50.−p

*Electronic address: kadu@ap.univie.ac.at

Electronic address: hiesmayr@ap.univie.ac.at