Simple Model;
Two level system
Dilute Gas
Approximations
Ø
Two level system
Ø
Electric dipole
Ø
Rotating wave
Laser Beam
Ø
A plane
traveling
wave
Ø
Linearly
polarized
Ø
Intensity is
low
Polarization is parallel
to dipole moment
Ref: W. Demtr
ö
der, Laser Spectroscopy. (Springer, 2002)