Thermal radiation and light pump

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This discussion focuses on the effects of temperature on thermal radiation and light emissions in materials, specifically black bodies and glass. As temperature increases, the thermal radiation predominates, leading to diminished visibility of line emissions from electron transitions. In gases, higher temperatures result in greater Doppler and collisional broadening, causing emissions to shift from distinct lines to diffuse bands. The interplay between thermal radiation and light pumping is crucial for understanding material behavior at elevated temperatures.

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  • Knowledge of thermal radiation mechanisms in solids and gases
  • Concepts of Doppler broadening and collisional broadening
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Matej Kurtulik
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Hello,
I read a lot at this forum about thermal radiation but still i have questions.
Consider black body at some temperature T. It means that inside that body we activate many modes of quantum oscillators with some probability(Bose-Einstein) depend on temperature T.
Now let's have some bulk material, for example some glass, which has some line emissions from electrons excitations and some thermal from movement and collisions of atoms. I pump the glass with some light, which is absorbed and subsequently emitted. I am raising the temperature of the glass, so thermal radiation is rised as well.
My question is, what will happen if I will raise temperature with the emission. if in high temperature the thermal radiation will govern, and I won't see any emission from electron transitions.
 
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If you have a solid, there are already no more line emissions. If you consider a gas, as the temperature increases, you will have greater Doppler broadening and collisional broadening. You will no longer have clear line emissions, but diffuse bands.
 
sure, I am sorry, it is what I meant. not line but some broader peak
 

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