Lorentz equations elements

The most important new feature of the Lorentz transformation, absent from the Galilean scheme, is this interdependence of space and time dimensions. At velocities approaching c it is no longer possible to consider the cartesian coordinates of three-dimensional space as being independent of time and the three-dimensional line element da = Jx2 + y2 + z2 is no longer invariant within the new relativity. Suppose a point source located at the origin emits a light wave at time t = 0. The equation of the wave front is that of a sphere, radius r, such that... 

Bmn in Equation 1.17 can be replaced in terms of the sum of the squares of the dipole moment matrix elements (Equation 1.3) and the equation modified by the Lorentz function, yielding the general form of the equation for a the absorption coefficient at any point on the spectral profile ... 

We would like to emphasize that the photon statistics we consider is classical, while the Bloch equation describing dynamics of the SM has quantum mechanical elements in it (i.e., the coherence). In the weak laser intensity case, the Bloch equation approach allows a classical interpretation based on the Lorentz oscillator model as presented in Appendix B.3. 

The stochastic Bloch equation is a semiphenomenological equation with some elements of quantum mechanics in it. To understand better whether our results are quantum mechanical in origin, we analyze a classical model. Lorentz invented the theory of classical, linear interaction of light with matter. Here, we investigate a stochastic Lorentz oscillator model. We follow Allen and Eberley [108] who considered the deterministic model in detail. The classical model is also helpful because its physical interpretation is clear. We show that for weak laser intensity, the stochastic Bloch equations are equivalent to classical Lorentz approach. 

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