Phase dynamics of entangled qubits

We make a geometric study of the phases acquired by a general, pure bipartite two-level system after a cyclic unitary evolution. The geometric representation of the two particle Hilbert space makes use of Hopf fibrations. It allows for a simple description of the dynamics of the entangled state's phase during the whole evolution. The global phase after a cyclic evolution is always an entire multiple of pi for all bipartite states, a result that does not depend on the degree of entanglement. There are three different types of phases combining themselves so as to result in the n pi global phase. They can be identified as dynamical, geometrical, and topological. Each one of them can be easily identified using the presented geometric description. The interplay between them depends on the initial state and on its trajectory, and the results obtained are shown to be in connection to those on mixed state phases.