Allowed states of its quantum analogue can be expressed in terms of Hermite polynomials and found using ladder operators, starting from a ground state with energy h-bar over two times the resonant frequency.
This type of absorber is used in Smakula's formula relating the optical absorption coefficient to the concentration of color centers. The treatment of each atom in a lattice in Einstein's model of heat capacity, and the treatment of each field mode in the blackbody formula of Rayleigh and Jeans, were both based on this type of system. Allowed states of its quantum analogue can be expressed in terms of Hermite polynomials and found using ladder operators, starting from a ground state with energy h-bar over two times the resonant frequency. For 10 points, name this type of system governed by Hooke's law, displaying periodic, sinusoidal displacement.
This type of absorber is used in Smakula's formula relating the optical absorption coefficient to the concentration of color centers.
simple {harmonic oscillator}