Poincaré sphere
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Poincaré sphere, often spelled Poincare sphere (without the accent) may refer to:
  • Poincaré sphere, in optics, is a graphical tool for visualizing different types of polarized light
  • Poincaré homology sphere, in mathematics, an example of a homology sphere


In condensed matter physics, the Poincaré sphere is also known as the Bloch sphere
Bloch sphere
In quantum mechanics, the Bloch sphere is a geometrical representation of the pure state space of a two-level quantum mechanical system , named after the physicist Felix Bloch....

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