Spontaneous emission near an absorbing dielectric surface

M. S. Yeung and T. K. Gustafson
Phys. Rev. A 54, 5227 – Published 1 December 1996
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Abstract

The lifetime of an excited atom near an absorbing dielectric surface is calculated from an exact solution of a microscopic Hamiltonian model, which includes the effects of dispersion, local-field correction, and near-field Coulomb interaction. Results for the total decay rate are shown to be in excellent agreement with those based on classical electromagnetic theory and to yield the well-known result for the rate of nonradiative energy transfer in the limit of very small distance from the surface. © 1996 The American Physical Society.

  • Received 1 July 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.54.5227

©1996 American Physical Society

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M. S. Yeung and T. K. Gustafson

  • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

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Vol. 54, Iss. 6 — December 1996

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