Einstein’s Theory of Atom–Radiation Interaction

Abstract

In this chapter, we study spontaneous and stimulated emission phenomenologically, as well as an elementary laser theory.

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Miguel Orszag
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Orszag, M. (2016). Einstein’s Theory of Atom–Radiation Interaction. In: Quantum Optics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29037-9_1