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

Bertlmann, Reinhold A.; Durstberger, Katharina; Hasegawa, Yuji; Hiesmayr, Beatrix C.

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

Authors

Bertlmann, Reinhold A.

Durstberger, Katharina

Hasegawa, Yuji

Hiesmayr, Beatrix C.

Description

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.
10 pages, 6 figures, Introduction extended, References added