KLEIN PARADOX FOR OPTICAL SCATTERING FROM EXCITED TARGETS

DOI10.1142/S0217751X06031582zbMATH Open1099.81589arXiv0711.0704OpenAlexW2106898136WikidataQ58350587 ScholiaQ58350587MaRDI QIDQ5484787FDOQ5484787

Y. N. Srivastava, Orlando Panella, A. Widom

Publication date: 21 August 2006

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The well known Klein paradox for the relativistic Dirac wave equation consists in the computation of possible ``negative probabilities induced by certain potentials in some regimes of energy. The paradox may be resolved employing the notion of electron-positron pair production in which the number of electrons present in a process can increase. The Klein paradox also exists in Maxwell's equations viewed as the wave equation for photons. In a medium containing ``inverted energy populations of excited atoms, e.g. in a LASER medium, one may again compute possible ``negative probabilities. The resolution of the electromagnetic Klein paradox is that when the atoms decay, the final state may contain more photons then were contained the initial state. The optical theorem total cross section for scattering photons from excited state atoms may then be computed as negative within a frequency band with matter induced amplification.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0704

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zbMATH Keywords

Klein paradoxnegative temperatureoptical scatteringlaser medium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Lasers, masers, optical bistability, nonlinear optics (78A60) Quantum optics (81V80)

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