Einstein coefficients, cross sections, f values, dipole moments, and all that
Abstract
The relationships among various parameters describing the strength of optical transitions in atoms and molecules are reviewed. The application of these parameters to the description of the interaction between nearly monochromatic, directional light beams and atoms and molecules is given careful attention. Common pitfalls in relating these parameters are pointed out.
- Publication:
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American Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1119/1.12937
- Bibcode:
- 1982AmJPh..50..982H
- Keywords:
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- 32.80.-t;
- 32.70.Cs;
- 33.80.-b;
- 33.70.Ca;
- Photon interactions with atoms;
- Oscillator strengths lifetimes transition moments;
- Photon interactions with molecules;
- Oscillator and band strengths lifetimes transition moments and Franck-Condon factors