function ret = accelerationDueToSpontaneousEmissionProcess(this, SaturationParameter, TotalSaturationParameter, Linewidth, WaveNumber) Vector = [2*rand(1)-1,2*rand(1)-1,2*rand(1)-1]; Vector = Vector./norm(Vector); ScatteringRate = (0.5 * Linewidth) * (SaturationParameter / (1 + TotalSaturationParameter)); NumberOfScatteringEvents = floor(ScatteringRate * this.TimeStep); if NumberOfScatteringEvents > 0 ret = Vector.*((Helper.PhysicsConstants.PlanckConstantReduced * WaveNumber) / ... (Helper.PhysicsConstants.Dy164Mass * this.TimeStep)).* sqrt(NumberOfScatteringEvents); else ret = zeros(1,3); end end