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A semiclassical derivation of Einstein's rate equations for light-matter interaction

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Einstein's rate equations are derived from the semiclassical Bloch equations describing the interaction of a classical broadband light field with a two--level system.

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0405122,
  title  = {A semiclassical derivation of Einstein's rate equations for light-matter interaction},
  author = {G. J. de Valcarcel and Eugenio Roldan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0405122},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages, no figures. Tutorial article

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