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The Jones vector as a spinor and its representation on the Poincaré sphere

It is shown that the two complex Cartesian components of the electric field of a monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave, with a temporal and spatial dependence of the form ei(kz¡!t), form a SU(2) spinor that corresponds to a tangent vector to the Poincaré sphere representing the state of polarizat...

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Published in:Revista Mexicana de Física
Main Authors: G.F. Torres del Castillo, I. Rubalcava García
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Sociedad Mexicana de Física A.C. 2011
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57020780004
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