• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 3, Issue 0s, 134 (2005)
[in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], and [in Chinese]
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310013
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    [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese], [in Chinese]. Photon state-vector function[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2005, 3(0s): 134 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The exclusive carrier of photonics is photon, which is a kind of microscopic particles so that obeys the generalized Schrodinger equation, namely the motion equation for a photon. A novel state-vector function that satisfies the equation with three quantum conditions has been constructed, which possesses not only the energy and the momentum but also the angular momentum (spin) for a photon. The analyses of the state-vector function indicate that the macroscopic polarization of light is how to relate with microscopic parameters of a photon such as the probability amplitude and the phase.