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View SchemaOperator for Describing Polarization States of a Photon
| Authors | Hong-Yi Fan, Q. Y. Liu |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9901015 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9901015 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s100530050050 |
| Journal | Eur.Phys.J. D8 (2000) 399-402 |
Abstract
Based on the quantized electromagnetic field described by the Riemann-Silberstein complex vector $F$, we construct the eigenvector set of $% F$, which makes up an orthonormal and complete representation. In terms of $% F $ we then introduce a new operator which can describe the relative ratio of the left-handed and right-handed polarization states of a polarized photon .In $F^{\prime}s$ eigenvector basis the operator manifestly exhibits a behaviour which is similar to a phase difference between two orientations of polarization of a light beam in classical optics.
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