Spontaneous emission rate of an excited atom placed near a nanofiber
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- 22 January 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 69 (1), 013812
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.69.013812
Abstract
The spontaneous decay rate of an excited atom placed near a dielectric cylinder is investigated. Special attention is paid to the case when the cylinder radius is small in comparison with radiation wavelength (nanofiber or photonic wire). In this case, the analytical expressions of the transition rates for different orientations of a dipole are derived. It is shown that the main contribution to decay rates is due to the quasistatic interaction of the atom dipole momentum with the nanofiber, and the contributions of guided modes are exponentially small. On the contrary, in the case when the radius of the fiber is only slightly less than the radiation wavelength, the influence of guided modes can be substantial. The results obtained are compared with the case of a dielectric nanospheroid and an ideally conducting wire.Keywords
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