Classical and quantum Malus' law
量子物理
2016-09-08 v1 chem-ph
凝聚态物理
高能物理 - 理论
摘要
The classical and the quantum Malus' Laws for light and spin are discussed. It is shown that for spin-1/2, the quantum Malus' Law is equivalent in form to the classical Malus' Law provided that the statistical average involves a quasi-distribution function that can become negative. A generalization of Malus' Law for arbitrary spin-s is obtained in the form of a Feynman path-integral representation for the Malus amplitude. The classical limit of the Malus amplitude for large s is discussed.
引用
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9502028,
title = {Classical and quantum Malus' law},
author = {K. Wodkiewicz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9502028},
year = {2016}
}
备注
pages, REVTEX, to be published in Phys. Rev A (April).