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Interactions of coherent electromagnetic radiation with nuclei

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When coherent electromagnetic radiation resonantly couples two levels of a nucleus, the system can emit photons by stimulated and by spontaneous emission. The spontaneous emission spectrum is defined as the Fourier transform of the first-order correlation function of the magnetic or electric field operator. This function can be expressed in terms of one-time and two-time averages of nuclear operators. The one-time averages can be calculated by solving the Bloch-type equations for the matrix elements of the nuclear density operator. Application of the quantum regression theorem permits to calculate two-time averages with the aid of one-time averages and hence the radiated spectrum.

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    Present address: Physics Department, Instituut voor Kern-en Stralingsfysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium

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Odeurs, J. Interactions of coherent electromagnetic radiation with nuclei. Hyperfine Interact 99, 421–446 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02274946

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