Operator for Describing Polarization States of a Photon

Details Operator for Describing Polarization States of a Photon Operator for Describing Polarization States of a Photon

1999-01-08

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9901015v2

Eur.Phys.J. D8 (2000) 399-402

Physics

Quantum Physics

This version (5 pages) will be published in the European Physical Journal D

Scientific paper

10.1007/s100530050050

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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