Dawson, B, Furtak-Wells, N, Mann, T et al. (2 more authors) (2020) Spontaneous emission of an atomic dipole near a semi-transparent mirror in free space. In: Proceedings of Nanophotonics VIII. Nanophotonics VIII, SPIE Photonics Europe 2020, 06-10 Apr 2020, France (Online). SPIE
Abstract
Atom-field interactions near optical interfaces have a wide range of applications in quantum technology. Motivated by this, this paper revisits the spontaneous emission of atomic dipoles in the presence of a two sided semi-transparent mirror. First we review the main properties of the quantised electromagnetic field near a semitransparent mirror. To do so, we employ a quantum mirror image detector method which maps the experimental setup which we consider here onto analogous free space scenarios. We emphasise that the local density of states of the electromagnetic field depends on the reflection rates of both sides of the mirror surface. Hence it is not surprising that also the spontaneous decay rate of an atomic dipole in front of a semi-transparent mirror depends on both reflectance rates. Although the effect which we describe here only holds for relatively short atom-mirror distances, it can aid the design of novel photonics devices.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) This is an author produced version of a conference paper published in Proceedings of Nanophotonics VIII. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Theoretical Physics (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/M013243/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Apr 2020 14:47 |
Last Modified: | 29 Apr 2020 14:47 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SPIE |
Identification Number: | 10.1117/12.2554809 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:160030 |