Quantum theory of resonance fluorescence with recoil effects

Juan Francisco Lam, P. R. Berman

The effect of recoil on the frequency of the spontaneously emitted photons in resonance fluorescence processes is examined. The rate of fluorescence is calculated in the limit of a weak external field. It is found that conservation of energy and linear momentum for the entire scattering process determines the frequency spectrum of the fluorescence. A simple experiment is proposed to measure the frequency shifts due to recoil.

R. I. Sokolovskiǐ

Richard A. Dunlap

Chapter 1 introduces the concept of resonance fluorescence, beginning with the atomic case. The importance of the Heisenberg linewidth associated with a transition between quantum states as well as the recoil energy associated with photon emission is discussed. Finally, the concept of resonance fluorescence associated with nuclear transitions is discussed and the potential difficulties related to the observation of this effect are considered.

David A. Holm, M. Sargent

Richard A. Dunlap

Chapter 1 introduces the concept of resonance fluorescence, beginning with the atomic case. The importance of the Heisenberg linewidth associated with a transition between quantum states as well as the recoil energy associated with photon emission is discussed. Finally, the concept of resonance fluorescence associated with nuclear transitions is discussed and the potential difficulties related to the observation of this effect are considered.

Eleftherios Panagiotis Apostolidis, Lorenzo M. Narducci