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A theoretical analysis of Berry’s phases is given for the three-level atoms interacting with external one-mode and two-mode quantized light fields. Three main results are obtained: (i) There is a Berry phase which vanishes in the classical limit or this Berry phase is completely induced by the field quantization; (ii) Berry’s phases for the one-mode field and the two-mode field can be equal so long as the photon numbers of the two-mode field are properly chosen; (iii) In the two-mode case, Berry phases of the atom interacting with one mode is affected by the other mode even if the photon number of the other mode is zero.
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Liang, ML., Xu, ZC. & Yuan, B. Berry phases in the three-level atoms driven by quantized light fields. Pramana - J Phys 70, 399–407 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-008-0057-5
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