Magneto-optical properties of a spinless particle moving in a harmonic potential

✍ Scribed by Sambhu Datta; F. S. Richardson

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 796 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-7608
• DOI: 10.1002/qua.560110402

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Exact solutions to the quantum mechanical problem of an anisotropic oscillator in a one‐dimensional magnetic field are obtained. These solutions (eigenenergies and wave functions) are then applied to the problem of calculating the magneto‐optical properties of a charged spinless particle constrained to move in a harmonic potential field. General expressions for the dipole strengths and rotational strengths associated with radiation induced transitions between the eigenstates of this model system are developed, and these quantities are further related to observables of magneto‐optical absorption spectroscopy and Faraday effect studies.