Test no.

2
Course: Spintronics and Magnetoelectronic Materials and Devices (PH60116)
Total Marks: 5
[Last date of submission 9th September, 2016 Please drop answer sheets in my department post box]

1. Considering the three Pauli spin matrices:

0 1
0
); y = (
1 0

):
0

x = (

z = (

1
0

0
)
1

Show that they satisfy the commutation relations:

[Here i = 1]
[Marks - 2]

x y y x = 2i z
2. A spinor |> = (

) represents eigenstate of a spin S having a polar-angle and

azimuthal angle as shown below. Find the and dependencies for the x component
of the spin in the state |>, namely find <Sx>.
[Marks 3]