Poincaré sphere
Encyclopedia
Poincaré sphere, often spelled Poincare sphere (without the accent) may refer to:
In condensed matter physics, the Poincaré sphere is also known as the Bloch sphere
.
- 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....
.