Talk:Stimulated emission
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Needs sections. Zack Green 15:57, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
The formula for the emission looks strange: 
are λ and ν independent parameters?
[edit] Needs a History section
This article definitely needs a history section. I mean, this article doesn't even mention Albert Einstein. I don't really know enough about it to write it myself. I just know that Einstein discovered it by accident. ~ Oni Lukos ct 13:50, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Quantum mechanical explanation?
The article gives at least a hint of a classical explanation (or justification) for the process -- that the dipole moment induced by the incident photon "encourages" the atom to produce another, identical photon. What is there seems a bit of a lie-to-children, but perhaps I'm mistaken and it's classically accurate. (Thoughts?) Anyway, could someone who understands the "real" picture provide at least that much of an explanation from the quantum mechanical point of view? Thanks. --Tardis 18:26, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
