Visualization of Rabi oscillations in a magnetic resonance

Abstract

A visualization scheme for dynamics of a qudit polarization vector in a time-dependent magnetic field is presented by solving equations for a density matrix in Hermitian basis. This is realized by means of mapping solution for the polarization vector on the three-dimensional spherical curve (vector hodograph). The obtained results obviously display the interference of precessional and nutational effects on the polarization vector in a magnetic resonance. The study can find the practical applications in a magnetic resonance and 3D visualization of computational data.