Coherence Phenomena in Interaction and Radiation Processes.
Abstract
The research was chiefly concerned with coherence effects in electromagnetic fields. Both free fields and fields interacting with matter were considered. Master equation techniques were applied to problems involving spontaneous emission. Fluctuation-dissipation theorems for systems in non-thermal equilibrium were derived and applied to the study of the laser threshold region. The exact mode expansion was derived for the electromagnetic field in a spatially dispersive model dielectric forming a plane parallel slab and was applied to the problem of refraction and reflection on a spatially dispersive half-space. A new derivation was obtained of the multipole expansion of an electromagnetic field generated by a localized monochromatic charge-current distribution. New representation for the multipole moments was also found.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA006386
Entities
People
- Emil Wolf
Organizations
- University of Rochester