ANALOGY BETWEEN THE PROPAGATION OF LIGHT IN A SINGLE-SIDE-BAND MODULATOR AND THE MOTION OF SPIN IN A MAGNETIC-FIELD

Authors
GISIN BV
Citation
Bv. Gisin, ANALOGY BETWEEN THE PROPAGATION OF LIGHT IN A SINGLE-SIDE-BAND MODULATOR AND THE MOTION OF SPIN IN A MAGNETIC-FIELD, Physics letters. A, 209(5-6), 1995, pp. 285-289
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
209
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
285 - 289
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1995)209:5-6<285:ABTPOL>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
It is shown that in the approximation of slowly varying magnitudes, Ma xwell's equations describing the propagation of light in certain elect ro-optical crystals under the action of external electric fields are e quivalent to Pauli's equation describing the motion of spin 1/2 in a m agnetic field. Use of this analogy is discussed.