Electric dipoles on the Bloch sphere
arXiv:1411.5381 · doi:10.1088/0143-0807/36/2/025004
Abstract
The time evolution of a two-level quantum mechanical system can be geometrically described using the Bloch sphere. By mapping the Bloch sphere evolution onto the dynamics of oscillating electric dipoles, we provide a physically intuitive link between classical electromagnetism and the electric dipole transitions of atomic & molecular physics.
submitted to Eur. J. Phys