Electric dipoles on the Bloch sphere
Quantum Physics
2014-12-31 v1 Atomic Physics
Abstract
The time evolution of a two-level quantum mechanical system can be geometrically described using the Bloch sphere. By mapping the Bloch sphere evolution onto the dynamics of oscillating electric dipoles, we provide a physically intuitive link between classical electromagnetism and the electric dipole transitions of atomic & molecular physics.
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@article{arxiv.1411.5381,
title = {Electric dipoles on the Bloch sphere},
author = {Amar C. Vutha},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.5381},
year = {2014}
}
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