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Decay kinetic properties of atoms in photonic crystals with absolute gaps

Wang, XH ; Gu, BY ; Wang, RZ and Xu, Hongqi LU (2003) In Physical Review Letters 91(11: 113904).
Abstract
Decay kinetic properties of a two-level atom near the band edges of photonic crystals (PCs) with absolute gaps are studied based on the Green's function expression for the evolution operator. The local coupling strength between the photons and an atom is evaluated by an exact numerical method. It is found that the decay behavior of an excited atom can be fundamentally changed by the variation of the atomic position: Weisskopf-Wigner and non-Weisskopf-Wigner decay phenomena occur at different atomic positions in the PCs as a result of a significant difference in the local coupling strength. Our finding implies that it is possible to engineer the luminescence spectrum by controlling the atomic position.
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.113904
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  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review Letters}},
  title        = {{Decay kinetic properties of atoms in photonic crystals with absolute gaps}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.113904}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.113904}},
  volume       = {{91}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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