Polarization properties operator matrix

Since the density matrix is Hermitian, we obtain the property of polarization moments which is analogous to the classical relation (2.15) fq = (—1 ) (f-q) and tp = (—l) 3( g). The adopted normalization of the tensor operators (5.19) yields the most lucid physical meaning of quantum mechanical polarization moments fq and p% which coincides, with accuracy up to a normalizing coefficient that is equal for polarization moments of all ranks, with the physical meaning of classical polarization moments pq, as discussed in Chapter 2. For a comparison between classical and quantum mechanical polarization moments of the lower ranks see Table 5.1. 

We see that the two most widely used methods of polarization moment definition, namely (D.3) and (D.4), differ both in their transformation properties at turn of the coordinate system (which is not always fully realized), and in normalization. In addition, the definition of the matrix element of the operator j Tq, as assumed in [133], does not permit us to use (D.13) directly for the description of optical coherences. 

To illustrate the spatial properties of the polarization of multipole radiation, consider the normal-ordered operator polarization matrix (133) in the case of monochromatic electric-type pure y-pole radiation. Assume that the radiation field is in a single-photon state lm) with given m. Then, the average of (133) takes the form... 

Due to the form of the operator polarization matrix (142) and corresponding Stokes operators, the polarization, defined to be the spin state of photons [4,27], is not a global property of the quantum multipole radiation. Any atomic transition emits photons with given quantum number m, which yields, in view of (18), (24), and (142), the polarization of all three types depending on the distance from the atom. The structure of (152) and (154) just shows us how the photons with different m contribute into the polarization at an arbitrary point r. Using the operators (154), we can construct, for example, the local bare operator representation of the polarization matrix (142) as follows... 

The expression for Po oM in the case of mechanical excitons has the same form (2.57), but the functions u ),(()) must be replaced by u (0), obtained by neglecting the effects of the long-wavelength field. Since the operator P° is transformed like a polar vector, and the wavefunction To is invariant under all crystal symmetry transformations, the matrix element (2.57) will be nonzero only for those excitonic states whose wavefunctions are transformed like the components of a polar vector. If, for example, the function ToM transforms like the x-component of a polar vector, the vector Po o will be parallel to the x-axis. Thus the symmetry properties of the excitonic wavefunctions determine the polarization of a light wave which can create a given type of exciton. In the above example only a light wave polarized in the x-direction will be absorbed, obviously, if we restrict the consideration to dipole-type absorption. In a similar way, for example, the quadrupole absorption in the excitonic region of the spectrum can be discussed (for details see, for example, 8 in (12)). 

The cyclodextrins can tolerate relatively high buffer concentrations and are stable from pH 3 to pH 14. However, the stability of the silica matrix restricts the pH range from 3. 0 to about 7.0, as silica is significantly soluble at a pH of 8.0 and higher. Cyclodextrin type stationary phases may be operated in the polar or reversed phase mode. As with the other LC stationary phases, mobile phases with high water contents have little dispersive properties and thus the dispersive interactions with the stationary phase can be exploited. Conversely, if strongly dispersive... 

Effective collision cross sections are related to the reduced matrix elements of the linearized collision operator It and incorporate all of the information about the binary molecular interactions, and therefore, about the intermolecular potential. Effective collision cross sections represent the collisional coupling between microscopic tensor polarizations which depend in general upon the reduced peculiar velocity C and the rotational angular momentum j. The meaning of the indices p, p q, q s, s and t, t is the same as already introduced for the basis tensors In the two-flux approach only cross sections of equal rank in velocity (p = p ) and zero rank in angular momentum (q = q = 0) enter die description of the traditional transport properties. Such cross sections are defined by... 

Finally, one might wonder whether it is possible to write the SOPPA polarization propagator as the contraction of property integrals of the operator P in the molecular orbital basis with a SOPPA first-order density matrix in analogy to Eq. (10.25). However, this is not immediately possible for two reasons ... 

The microscopic origin of the nonlinear response is the distortion induced in the molecular charge distribution due to the electrical field. The presence of a microscopic dipole produces a macroscopic polarization in the unit volume P = N r) where N is the number density of polarizable units and (er) the expectation value of the dipole moment induced in each unit. In order to evaluate (sr) we will use the density matrix formalism, because it is the easiest way to relate microscopic properties to macroscopic ones and to cope with macroscopic coherence effects. In the absence of fields, the medium is supposed to be described by an unperturbed Hamiltonian Hq and to be at equilibrium. When the fields are applied, the field-matter interaction contributes a time-dependent term V(t) =-E(t)P(t) to the global energy. The evolution of the system under this perturbation can be described through the equation of motion of the density operator ... 

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