Cooperative decay of a linear chain of molecules including explicit spatial dependence

Y. Ben-Aryeh*, S. Ruschin

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Abstract

The decay of an ensemble of two-level molecules is described by a quantum-mechanical formalism involving single molecule operators. Equations of motion are obtained for the operators by means of a pertubative analysis, containing spontaneous decay terms and those that connect different molecules. A travelling wave solution is presented for the relaxation of one-dimensional chain of molecules.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)362-374
Number of pages13
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume88
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1977
Externally publishedYes

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