Dipole lifetime in stratified media
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 19 (3) , 412-419
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.19.000412
Abstract
The field of an electric dipole inside an arbitrary system of parallel slabs is evaluated with a Green’s function approach. Application of boundary conditions yields a matrix formalism that allows compact formulation of the problem. The method is extended to the general case of parallel stratified medialike cavities containing a dipole. Effects on spontaneous-emission rate of dipole emitters are evaluated and discussed for different types of planar microcavities.Keywords
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