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Einstein’s detailed balance argument in which the concept of spontaneous emission was first introduced is used to demonstrate that spontaneous emission is a classical phenomenon and is not a consequence of zero point quanta as is widely believed. The average rates of photoinduced excitation and emission are also computed classically.
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Rose, A. (1987). An Extension of Einstein’s Treatment of Spontaneous Emission. In: Kastner, M.A., Thomas, G.A., Ovshinsky, S.R. (eds) Disordered Semiconductors. Institute for Amorphous Studies Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1841-5_42
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