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I can't get my head around stimulated emission.Why does a photon traveling towards an atom stimulate emission? The best way I could answer is that a photon has an electro magnetic field and this causes an excited atom to oscillate.This induces an excited electrons to fall down an orbital.
But why does oscillation encourage an excited atoms electrons to drop down to its ground state.
But why does oscillation encourage an excited atoms electrons to drop down to its ground state.