Time-resolved optical spectrum for transient resonant light scattering

Abstract

A general formula of the time-resolved optical spectrum for transient resonant light scattering is derived systematically by means of the operator algebra within the formalism of nonequilibrium thermo field dynamics (NETFD). The formula is applied to an analytically solvable model of the localized electron and phonon system, i.e., second-order light scattering due to the optically active three electronic states whose intermediate state is dynamically modulated by the phonon interaction mode. The derivation of the analytical expression for a four-point function, needed to obtain the spectrum, is performed with the help of the algebraic manipulations in NETFD, which showed the advantage of its methodology with respect to nonequilibrium transient phenomena. The three-dimensional profiles of the Raman and luminescence components in the time-resolved spectrum in the model are presented to show how the stochastic character comes out in the fast modulation limit, and how the dynamical behavior of the phonon system causing the modulation of the intermediate electronic state comes out in the slow modulation limit. © 1994 The American Physical Society.