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This paper derives quantum mechanical expressions for Einstein-coefficient spectra in the electric-dipole approximation, utilizing an intramolecular Boltzmann distribution and quantized field operators in isotropic, dispersive media. It establishes relationships between Einstein-coefficient spectra and dipole-strength spectra, defining the latter in terms of conditional transition probabilities per unit time. The derived generalized Einstein relations specify the Stokes' shift between forward and reverse transitions at equilibrium and reduce to known relationships for narrow spectra inside materials and for line spectra in vacuum.
Generalized Einstein relations, derived here, reveal how a single underlying lineshape manifests differently in four Einstein-coefficient spectra, governing the Stokes' shift between forward and reverse transitions at equilibrium.
Recently, Ryu et al. showed that two broadened bands connected by a set of four Einstein-coefficient spectra for stimulated and spontaneous single-photon transitions will obey detailed balance at equilibrium if the spectra satisfy generalized Einstein relations. Here, quantum mechanical expressions for Einstein-coefficient spectra are obtained in the electric-dipole approximation using an intramolecular Boltzmann distribution and the quantized field operators in isotropic, dispersive media of Nienhuis and Alkemade. These expressions suggest relationships between Einstein-coefficient spectra and dipole-strength spectra. The electrodynamic relationship between the spectral density for electromagnetic energy and the spectral density for the square of the electric field is developed and used to define dipole-strength spectra in terms of conditional transition probabilities per unit time. These rigorously relate dipole-strength spectra to Einstein-coefficient spectra, thus establishing quantum formulas for dipole-strength spectra and new generalized Einstein relations between dipole-strength spectra. For transitions between two bands, the dipole-strength spectra depend on a single total dipole strength but replace Einstein's degeneracy ratio and transition frequency with a change in standard chemical potential and a single underlying lineshape that is manifested differently in the four spectra. At equilibrium, the relations specify the Stokes'shift between forward and reverse transitions. The relationships between dipole-strength spectra, spontaneous emission spectral densities and stimulated transition cross sections depend on the refractive index, the dielectric constant, and the local field, but not on the derivative of the refractive index. The broadband relationships reduce to known relationships for narrow spectra inside materials and for line spectra in vacuum.
