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Coherence in Spontaneous Radiation Processes

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Dicke, R. H.·1954·Physical Review

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By considering a radiating gas as a single quantum-mechanical system, energy levels corresponding to certain correlations between individual molecules are described. Spontaneous emission of radiation in a transition between two such levels leads to the emission of coherent radiation. The discussion is limited first to a gas of dimension small compared with a wavelength. Spontaneous radiation rates and natural line breadths are calculated. For a gas of large extent the effect of photon recoil momentum on coherence is calculated. The effect of a radiation pulse in exciting "super-radiant" states is discussed. The angular correlation between successive photons spontaneously emitted by a gas initially in thermal equilibrium is calculated.

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  • Exceptions to the limitation of m include the Dicke model, the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model, and the Mølmer-Sørensen interaction.

    “Exceptions to this include the Dicke model [40] where collective coherence leads to superradiance, the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model [41], where all particles interact with each other, and the Mølmer-Sørensen interaction [42], in which an ensemble of ions are effectively coupled by a spatially uniform electromagnetic field.”

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Authors
Dicke, R. H.
Affiliations
Princeton University (US)
Corresponding author
Dicke, R. H.
Venue
Physical Review
Published
1954-01-01
Volume
93
Issue
1
Pages
99-110
ISSN
0031-899X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2017154611
Cited by
7,445
References
9
Citations by year
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FWCI
6.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Physical Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum optics and atomic interactions
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Strong Light-Matter Interactions
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Atomic and Molecular Physics
Keywords
spontaneous emission, coherent radiation, radiating gas, molecular correlation, spontaneous emission rate, photon recoil, superradiance, thermal equilibrium

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