Dicke effect

Dicke effect

Dicke effect, also known as Dicke narrowing (or sometimes collisional narrowing), is named after Robert H. Dicke. The term refers to narrowing of the Doppler broadening of a spectral line due to collisions the emitting species (usually an atom or a molecule) experience with other particles. When the mean free path of an atom is much smaller than the wavelength of the radiative transition, the atom changes velocity and direction many times during the emission or absorption of a photon. This causes an averaging over different Doppler states and results in an atomic linewidth that is narrower than the Doppler width.

See also

References

  • R. H. Dicke (1953). "The Effect of Collisions upon the Doppler Width of Spectral Lines". Physical Review 89: 472. Bibcode 1953PhRv...89..472D. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.89.472. 
  • Griem, Hans R. (1997). Principles of Plasmas Spectroscopy. Cambridge: University Press. ISBN 0-521-45504-9. 

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