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v. M. FAIN
Radio Physics Institute, Gorki! State University
Submitted to JETP editor June 30, 1958
J. Exptl. Theoret. Phys. (U.S.S.R.) 36, 798-802 (March, 1959)
Some problems of the theory of coherent spontaneous radiation are considered. It is shown
that the interaction of the particles through the common radiation field leads to a shift of the
natural frequencies of the system.
The introduction of the quantum numbers r and dMf dt ='I [MxH]- (2r 2w2 (3c3 ) V [MxMxHl. (12)
m allows us to establish a certain correspondence
where V is volume of the ferromagnetic sample.
principle, which states that to calculate the emis-
The dissipative term in this expression coincides
sion from a system t consisting of a sufficiently
with that of Landau and Lifshitz. 13
large number of quantum-mechanical objects hav-
In the considered example the frequency shift
ing two energy levels, it is enough to calculate the
is of the order 109 cps. which is large enough to
classical equation, (4), describing the motion of a
be observed experimentally.
magnetic top in a magnetic field and then perform
However, the experiment has to be conducted
an appropriate substitution.
in free space. The possibility of generation of
To illustrate this principle we juxtapose the
radiation in free space is discussed in another
classical [from Eq. (4)] and quantum mechanical
paper by the author. 8
formulae on the line shift and broadeningt for a
The author is grateful to Professor V. L. Ginz-
system of objects with two energy levels:
burg for his consideration of the results of this
(~1w)cl =
4w w2
31t~s 0 'I!Lz• ( ~ 1w) q = 4wmw5
37tcs
21 P.1•l 2 m
1t '
paper, and to A. V. Gaponov and M.A. Miller for
stimulating discussions.
w~y 3
(~2W)cl = ¥ [L, ( ~ 2w) q = 3cs
wo 2 I l'-12! 2 r
1l . *An important characteristic of the ferrites is their small
conductivity.
We see readily that the line shift (5) due to the t A ferromagnetic material does not act like an ideal gas
*This replacement is connected with the fact that in the because of the strong exchange interaction. However, in a
classical case the oscillator is circularly polarized while in homogeneous ferromagnet ~he exchange forces do not have an
the present quantu~mechanical case it is linearly polarized. effect on the equations of motion (4). This follows from the
If the quantum-mechanical calculation is dOBe for the case of fact that the operator of the magnetic moment ~ = !. fi. com-
i I
cirCular polarization, we must replace ~g/L 8 )2 with I/Lul 2 •
mutes with the eperator of the exchange energy !. A;~c·fi; fik
tWe have here in mind a system of the type of an ideal gas ik
(where the only interaction is through the radiation field). or, in the classical language, that the effective moleculat"
*The line width is calculated with the assumption /It,., field HM = Ifill is always parallel to the magnetization M.
/Ly « /L .. fLz· For the quantum-mechanical treatment the corre- Therefore the torqae M X qM vanishes (see ref. 12 on this).
sponding assumption is r "' Imj. For the !e11eral case see Hn the case of ferromagnets we must consider H to be
ref. 4. effective field.
ON THE THEORY OF THE COHERENT SPONTANEOUS EMISSION 565
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