Non-quantized Dirac monopoles and strings in the Berry phase of anisotropic spin systems

Abstract

The Berry phase of an anisotropic spin system that is adiabatically rotated along a closed circuit C is investigated. It is shown that the Berry phase consists of two contributions: (i) a geometric contribution which can be interpreted as the flux through C of a non-quantized Dirac monopole, and (ii) a topological contribution which can be interpreted as the flux through C of a Dirac string carrying a non-quantized flux, i.e., a spin analogue of the Aharonov-Bohm effect. Various experimental consequences of this novel effect are discussed.

4 pages, 3 figures (RevTeX + eps); v2 (revised paper): 4 pages, 4 figures

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