S. Pancharatnam

In this Indian name, the name Shivaramakrishnan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Pancharatnam.
Shivaramakrishnan Pancharatnam
Born(1934-02-09)9 February 1934
Calcutta, India
Died28 May 1969(1969-05-28) (aged 35)[1]
Oxford, England
Alma materNagpur University
Raman Research Institute[1]
Known forGeometric phase
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Scientific career
FieldsQuantum optics, optics
InstitutionsUniversity of Mysore
Oxford University
Doctoral advisorC. V. Raman

Shivaramakrishnan Pancharatnam (9 February 1934 – 28 May 1969) was an Indian physicist who did significant work in the field of optics. He is noted for his discovery of a type of geometric phase sometimes known as Pancharatnam phase for polarized beams passing through crystals.[2]

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  2. ^ Anandan, Jeeva; Christian, Joy (1997). "Resource Letter GPP-1: Geometric Phases in Physics". American Journal of Physics. 65 (3): 180–185. arXiv:quant-ph/9702011. Bibcode:1997AmJPh..65..180A. doi:10.1119/1.18570. S2CID 119080820.