On the geometry of the classical Rabi problem
Abstract
We investigate the motion of a classical spin precessing around a periodic magnetic field using Floquet theory as well as elementary differential geometry and considering a couple of examples. Under certain conditions the r\ole of spin and magnetic field can be interchanged, leading to the notion of "duality of loops" on the Bloch sphere.
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