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State-vector function for a photon

Author(s) -

Zhixin Yao,

Bailiang Pan,

Gang Chen,

Zhong Jian-Wei

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

acta physica sinica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199

H-Index - 47

ISSN - 1000-3290

DOI - 10.7498/aps.55.2158

Subject(s) - physics , photon , polarization (electrochemistry) , quantum mechanics , state vector , amplitude , probability amplitude , photon polarization , total angular momentum quantum number , angular momentum , quantum electrodynamics , classical mechanics , quantum , quantum dynamics , chemistry , quantum operation

On the basis of the generalized Schr?dinger equation a novel state-vector function that obeys photon motion equation under three quantum conditions has been constructed for a photon in one dimension, which can describe completely the properties of a photon as a relativistic free particle, including its energy and momentum and spin angular momentum. The state-vector function not only defines microscopic parameters such as the probability amplitude and the phase for a photon, but also relates them with the macroscopic polarization of a light beam. As an example, it successfully explains the puzzling polarization problem of a light beam.

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