Publication Date:
2011-08-18
Description:
Author(s): J. J. Monzón, A. G. Barriuso, L. L. Sánchez-Soto, and J. M. Montesinos-Amilibia We reinterpret the transfer matrix for an absorbing system in very simple geometrical terms. In appropriate variables, the system appears as performing a Lorentz transformation in a (1 + 3)-dimensional space. Using homogeneous coordinates, we map that action on the unit sphere, which is at the realm... [Phys. Rev. A 84, 023830] Published Wed Aug 17, 2011
Keywords:
Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, classical optics
Print ISSN:
1050-2947
Electronic ISSN:
1094-1622
Topics:
Physics
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