On the geometry of the classical Rabi problem
Classical Physics
2019-10-08 v1
Abstract
We investigate the motion of a classical spin precessing around a periodic magnetic field using Floquet theory as well as elementary differential geometry and considering a couple of examples. Under certain conditions the r\^{o}le of spin and magnetic field can be interchanged, leading to the notion of "duality of loops" on the Bloch sphere.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1910.02444,
title = {On the geometry of the classical Rabi problem},
author = {Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.02444},
year = {2019}
}