| Автор | M. Brieger |
| Автор | H. A. Schuessler |
| Дата выпуска | 1996-07-01 |
| dc.description | A new approach treats spin-orbit and electric-dipole interactions simultaneously and proves that the notion of quantum "interference" is a misinterpretation based on inappropriate assumptions. Instead, fine-structure (fs-) quantum beats result from the conservation of the spin in spontaneous E1 transitions between in-phase precession states with different nutation frequencies as imposed by the spin-orbit interaction. The theory also adds new aspects regarding the origin of sensitized fluorescence by showing that mixed states and not fs-eigenstates are the most probable ones. Moreover, it predicts orientationally dependent lifetimes in spin-orbit interacting sublevels, dynamically reduced transition probabilities, and Fano-type lineshapes. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Копирайт | 1996 EDP Sciences |
| Название | What is quantum interference in atoms? |
| Тип | lett |
| DOI | 10.1209/epl/i1996-00521-4 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1286-4854 |
| Print ISSN | 0295-5075 |
| Журнал | EPL (Europhysics Letters) |
| Том | 35 |
| Первая страница | 1 |
| Последняя страница | 6 |
| Выпуск | 1 |
