function ret = accelerationDueToSpontaneousEmissionProcess(this, SaturationIntensity, TotalSaturationIntensity, Detuning, Linewidth, WaveVector)
    Vector = [2*rand(1)-1,2*rand(1)-1,2*rand(1)-1];
    Vector = Vector./norm(Vector);

    ScatteringRate = 0.5 * SaturationIntensity * Linewidth / (1 + TotalSaturationIntensity + 4 * (Detuning/Linewidth)^2);
    NumberOfScatteringEvents = floor(ScatteringRate * this.TimeStep);

    if NumberOfScatteringEvents > 0
        ret = Vector.*((Helper.PhysicsConstants.PlanckConstantReduced * WaveVector) / ...
            (Helper.PhysicsConstants.Dy164Mass * this.TimeStep)).* sqrt(NumberOfScatteringEvents);
    else
        ret = zeros(1,3);
    end
end