Dipole operator correlation function

In this form, one says that the time dependenee has been reduee to that of an equilibrium averaged (n.b., the Si pi I)i ) time correlation function involving the eomponent of the dipole operator along the external eleetrie field att = 0(Eo p) and this eomponent at a different time t (Eo p (t)). 

To complete the description and get the connection with the solute emission and absorption spectra, there is need of the correlation functions of the dipole operator pj= (a(t)+af(t))j and, consequently, the differential equation for the one solute mode has to be solved. The reader is referred to [133] for detailed analysis of this point as well as the equations controlling the relaxation to equilibrium population. The energy absorption and emission properties of the above model are determined by the two-time correlation functions ... 

The indices k in the Ihs above denote a pair of basis operators, coupled by the element Rk. - The indices n and /i denote individual interactions (dipole-dipole, anisotropic shielding etc) the double sum over /x and /x indicates the possible occurrence of interference terms between different interactions [9]. The spectral density functions are in turn related to the time-correlation functions (TCFs), the fundamental quantities in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. The time-correlation functions depend on the strength of the interactions involved and on their modulation by stochastic processes. The TCFs provide the fundamental link between the spin relaxation and molecular dynamics in condensed matter. In many common cases, the TCFs and the spectral density functions can, to a good approximation, be... 

S. Mukamel In general, multipulse experiments depend on a multitime correlation function of the dipole operator [1], The term x(n) depends on a combination of n + 1 time correlation functions. Their behavior for large n will depend on the model. In some cases (e.g., the accumulated photon echo used by Wiersma) the multiple-pulse sequence is simply used to accumulate a large signal and the higher... 

Now we can show the explicit relation with experiment. What is usually measured in spectroscopic or scattering experiments is the spectral density function /(to), which is the Fourier transform of some correlation function. For example, the absorption intensity in infrared spectroscopy is given by the Fourier transform of the time-dependent dipole-dipole correlation function <[/x(r), ju,(0)]>. If one expands the observables, i.e., the dipole operator in the case of infrared spectroscopy, as a Taylor series in the molecular displacement coordinates, the absorption or scattering intensity corresponding to the phonon branch r at wave vector q can be written as (Kobashi, 1978)... 

In the preceding section we have shown that the correlation functions of the quantized field can be calculated if we know an initial state or the density operator of the field. As we see in this section, the phenomenon of interference can be described not only for light beams but also for electromagnetic (EM) fields spontaneously emitted from atoms, molecules, or even for the EM field emitted from single multilevel systems. In this case the correlation functions of the EM field can be related to the correlation functions of the variables of the systems, such as the dipole operators 5. ... 

The intensity is proportional to the first-order correlation function Gl1) (R, t) which, according to Eq. (35), can be expressed in terms of the molecular dipole operators, or equivalently, in terms of matrix elements of the density operator of the molecular system. Using Eq. (35), we can write the intensities of the observed fluorescence fields on the visible (/ ) and ultraviolet (/ ) transitions as... 

To show this, we consider the fluorescence intensity detected at a point R in the far-field zone of the radiation emitted by the atomic system. The intensity is proportional to the first-order correlation functions of the atomic dipole operators as [7,8]... 

In the previous sections, we derived general correlation function expressions for the nonlinear response function that allow us to calculate any 4WM process. The final results were recast as a product of Liouville space operators [Eqs. (49) and (53)], or in terms of the four-time correlation function of the dipole operator [Eq. (57)]. We then developed the factorization approximation [Eqs. (60) and (63)], which simplifies these expressions considerably. In this section, we shall consider the problem of spontaneous Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy. General formal expressions analogous to those obtained for 4WM will be derived. This will enable us to treat both experiments in a similar fashion and compare their information content. We shall start with the ordinary absorption lineshape. Consider our system interacting with a stationary monochromatic electromagnetic field with frequency w. The total initial density matrix is given by... 

The time autocorrelation function can be written as a transition dipole correlation function, a form that is equally useful for an inhomogeneously broadened spectrum. This is the form that is extensively used to discuss the spectral effects of the environment (32-34). The dipole correlation function also provides for the novice an intuitively clear prescription as to how to compute a spectrum using classical dynamics. For the expert it points out limitations of this, otherwise very useful, approximation. The required transformation is to rewrite the spectrum so that the time evolution is carried by the dipole operator rather than by the bright state wave packet. The conceptual advantage is that it is easier to imagine what the classical limit will be because what is readily provided by classical mechanics trajectory computations is the time dependence of the coordinates and momenta and hence, of functions thereof. In other words, in our mind it is easier to... 

The field off solution is simply F2 relaxation for which the correlation function is exp(-6Dt) as the second order effect of the dipole operator is on Fj(0) and hence zero for... 

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