Spectral diffusion in glasses

Abstract
A new mechanism of spectral diffusion in glasses is proposed based on the flip-flop process between unlike defects. Two phonons participate in the process : one real phonon for conserving the energy and one virtual phonon for mediating the elastic interaction between the defects. The spectral-spatial diffusion is described in terms of a Fokker-Planck equation and a comparison with the classical noise process is discussed

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