What are the practical uses of Berry's Phase in scientific research?

[Niles]

Hi all

I've been reading about Berry's Phase, but none of my litterature has explained, if Berry's Phase can be used to something, i.e. if it has any real applications?

 

[atyy]

http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0509355
Experimental Observation of Quantum Hall Effect and Berry's Phase in Graphene
Yuanbo Zhang, Yan-Wen Tan, Horst L. Stormer, Philip Kim

http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.2021
Berry Phase Effects on Electronic Properties
Di Xiao, Ming-Che Chang, Qian Niu

 

[Niles]

Thank you. That is very kind of you. If you find something else, then feel free to post it here as well.