Optics and Spectroscopy

Kinetic equations for the density matrix of two-level particles in a strong field

Е. А. Титов

Published Oct 1, 2004• 2 citations

Abstract

On the basis of the Green’s function method for nonequilibrium systems, the kinetic equation for two-level particles in a strong field is derived. In the binary approximation, all diagrams are expressed in terms of the reducible vertex part, whose calculation is reduced to the problem of two-channel scattering and finding the corresponding scattering amplitudes.

DOI: 10.1134/1.1813703

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