Spin spin interaction and the relativistic Rabi formula

2014/05/12 by Richard T Hammond, Hammond, Richard T
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Optics (physics.optics) #cond-mat.mes-hall #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1405.2947

3 pages

arxiv created 2014/05/15 · arxiv updated 2014/05/16

Abstract

The interaction of an electromagnetic wave with spin (polarized light) and an electron is computed. Specifically the spin flip probability is computed using the Dirac equation for an electron trapped in a uniform magnetic field.

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