Where Semiclassical Radiation Theory Fails
- 30 August 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 27 (9) , 553-556
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.27.553
Abstract
Semiclassical radiation theory provides parallel derivations of spontaneous emission and of spontaneous incoherent scattering of radiation. In the latter case, in constrast to the former, the theory is in clear disagreement with established experimental data since it predicts equal intensity for Stokes and anti-Stokes lines in Raman scattering. A new postulate of semiquantization is proposed to restore agreement with experiment without quantizing the electromagnetic field.Keywords
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