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In Equation 9.31 assumed that the atom is so small (in comparison to the wavelength of light) that spatial variations in the field can be ignored. The true electric field would be E(r,t)=E0cos(kr蝇迟).

If the atom is centered at the origin, thenkr1 over the relevant volume,|k|=2/ sokr~r/1) and that's why we could afford to drop this term. Suppose we keep the first-order correction:

E(r,t)=E0[cos(t)+(kr)sin(t)].

The first term gives rise to the allowed (electric dipole) transitions we considered in the text; the second leads to so-called forbidden (magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole) transitions (higher powers of k.rlead to even more "forbidden" transitions, associated with higher multipole moments).

(a) Obtain the spontaneous emission rate for forbidden transitions (don't bother to average over polarization and propagation directions, though this should really be done to complete the calculation). Answer:role="math" localid="1659008133999" Rba=q250c5|a|(n^r)(k^r)|b|2.

(b) Show that for a one-dimensional oscillator the forbidden transitions go from leveln to levelrole="math" localid="1659008239387" n-2 and the transition rate (suitably averaged over n^andk^) isR=q23n(n1)15蟺系0m2c5.

(Note: Here is the frequency of the photon, not the oscillator.) Find the ratio of the "forbidden" rate to the "allowed" rate, and comment on the terminology.

(c) Show that the2S1S transition in hydrogen is not possible even by a "forbidden" transition. (As it turns out, this is true for all the higher multipoles as well; the dominant decay is in fact by two-photon emission, and the lifetime it is about a tenth of a second

Short Answer

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(a)A=q2540c5a|(k^r)(n^r)|b2

(b)AfAa=16o(n1)5mc2

(c) The rate is zero for both the allowed and the forbidden transitions.

Step by step solution

01

The Electric Field

(a)

The original formula of the electric field is given by:

E=E0n^cos(kr蝇迟) 鈥︹. (1)

Here, kis the direction of propagation,n^is the direction of polarization and=kcis the angular frequency. Assume that the wavelength is fairly large, thenkr=2蟺谤/is fairly small, and thus we can use the first order approximations, to get:

E=E0n^[cos(kr)cos(蝇迟)+sin(kr)sin(蝇迟)] 鈥︹︹ (2)

EE0n^[cos(t)+krsin(t)] 鈥︹︹ (3)

let used sin(x)xfor small xand also, we use the subtract identity of the sine, that is sin(ab)=sin(a)cos(b)cos(a)sin(b)

To find the perturbationH'to the Hamiltonian, we need to look up on the work done to move a charge of qfrom the origin (the centre of the atom) to the field point rthat is:

W=q0bEdr'

The energy due to the second term of (2) is therefore:

H'=qE0sin(蝇迟)0r(kr')n^dr'

Here, r' is constant, and hence the angles between kand r',and between n^and r'say kand nso we can write:

role="math" localid="1659008855557" kr'=(kcos(k))r'n^dr'=(cos(n))dr'.

Substitute into (3), so we get:

H'=qE0ksin(蝇迟)cos(k)cos(n)0rr'dr'=12qE0ksin(蝇迟)cos(k)cos(n)r2=12qE0sin(蝇迟)[krcos(k)][rcos(n)]=12qE0sin(蝇迟)(kr)(n^r)=12qE0csin(蝇迟)(k^r)(n^r)

The matrix element of the perturbation to the Hamiltonian is therefore:

Hba'=12qE0cb|(k^r)(n^r)|asin(蝇迟)

role="math" localid="1659008966623" Rab=蝇q2c20(0)b|(k^r)(n^r)|a2

The spontaneous emission rateA, is given by:

A=32c3Rab

Thus,

A=q2540c5a|(k^r)(n^r)|b2 鈥︹︹. (4)

02

One dimensional Harmonic oscillator

(b)

Now consider first a one-dimensional harmonic oscillator, to find the forbidden transitions we need to work out the average, it is easier with the spherical coordinates, so we use:

k^=z^n^=cos()x^+sin()y^r=xsin()y^+xcos()z^

So, we can write:

(k^r)(n^r)=x2(k^r^)(n^r^)

Take out the xand replace the vector r with its unit vector r^. because the eigenvectors of the one-dimensional oscillator depend only on x so we can pull out (k^r^)(n^r^)from the average in equation (4), and leave x2inside.

Now we can average|(k^r^)(n^r^)|2 over all values ofand as:

|(k^r^)(n^r^)|ave2=14002(cos)2sinsin2sindd=140sin3(1sin2)d02sin2d=115

Now we need to do a|x2|bwith the raising and lowering operators,

x2=2m蝇o(a+2+a+a+aa++a2)

So we want the elements of the matrix with aand bstates such that the energy of state is less than the only term that can do this is the last one, 2moa2which converts the state with energy of on+12to a state with energy of on2+12since an=nn1then we must chose a|=n2||and, b=|nthat is:

n2|x2|n=2m蝇on(n1)

The energy of the emitted photon is the energy difference between the two states, that is:

=on+12on2+12=2o=o=2

Now plug all the results in equation (4), note that we will use the answer given by Griffith, which is the same as (4) without the factor 1/4so we get:

Af=q250c5115mn(n1)2=q23n(n1)150m2c5=8q2o3n(n1)150m2c5

The spontaneous emission rate for a one-dimensional oscillator is given by equation as (if we ignore kr):

Aa=nq2o26蟺系0mc3

Thus, the ratio ofAf toAa is:

AfAa=16o(n1)5mc2

For a nonrelativistic system,mc2 therefore, the transitions involving the first-orderkr are forbidden.

03

The wave function is independent

(c)

Now for l=0 in both states (the initial and the final), then the wave function is independent of angle (the spherical harmonics for l=0is constant), thus the angular integral yields,

002(k^r^)(n^r^)sin()诲蠒诲胃=k^n^

Butk^n^=0

So, the rate is zero for both the allowed and the forbidden transitions.

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