Influence of radiative damping on the optical-frequency susceptibility

P. W. Milonni and Robert W. Boyd
Phys. Rev. A 69, 023814 – Published 27 February 2004
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Abstract

Motivated by recent discussions concerning the manner in which damping appears in the electric polarizability, we show that (a) there is a dependence of the nonresonant contribution on the damping and that (b) the damping enters according to the “opposite sign prescription.” We also discuss the related question of how the damping rates in the polarizability are related to energy-level decay rates.

  • Received 29 August 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.023814

©2004 American Physical Society

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P. W. Milonni

  • Theoretical Division (T-DOT), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA

Robert W. Boyd

  • Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA

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Vol. 69, Iss. 2 — February 2004

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