POINCARE SPHERE REPRESENTATION FOR 3-STATE SYSTEMS

Authors
SAMUEL J
Citation
J. Samuel, POINCARE SPHERE REPRESENTATION FOR 3-STATE SYSTEMS, Pramana, 47(5), 1996, pp. 361-369
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Pramana → ACNP
ISSN journal
03044289
Volume
47
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
361 - 369
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-4289(1996)47:5<361:PSRF3S>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We point out that the Poincare sphere can be used to represent the ray s of a three state quantum system. Those interested in geometric phase phenomena may find this representation a useful aid to visualize the global structure of ray space.