Reply to Comment on `Geometric phases for mixed states in interferometry'

• The only difference between Bhandari's viewpoint and ours [Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2845 (2000)] is that our phase is defined modulo 2π, whereas Bhandari argues that two phases that differ by 2π n, n integer, may be distinguished experimentally in a history-dependent manner. (Reply to the Comment in Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 268901 (2001) by R. Bhandari.)

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