REPLY TO COMMENT ON OPTICAL COHERENCE - A CONVENIENT FICTION

Authors
MOLMER K
Citation
K. Molmer, REPLY TO COMMENT ON OPTICAL COHERENCE - A CONVENIENT FICTION, Physical review. A, 58(5), 1998, pp. 4247-4247
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
58
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4247 - 4247
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1998)58:5<4247:RTCOOC>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The ambiguity of representing the density matrix of laser light by coh erent states or by the number states is ''inherited'' from a similar a mbiguity in the description of lasing mechanisms. Atomic excitation by electron impact is analyzed, and it is concluded that in normal disch arge lasers, the lasing atoms become energetically entangled with the electrons and no mean dipoles are excited. [S1050-2947(98)01611-4].