spectral line profiles
- Author
- Peter Beyersdorf
- Published
- Thu 22 Oct 2009
- Episode Link
- http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/beyersdorf/Phys268/10-21%20spectral%20line%20profiles.m4a
We look at how the natural lifetime of an energy level produces a Lorentzian line profile and how the natural linewidth can be broadened by Doppler broadening, pressure broadening, transit time broadening and saturation broadening.
