Observation of inhibited spontaneous emission in a periodic dielectric structure

Jordi Martorell and N. M. Lawandy
Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1877 – Published 8 October 1990
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Abstract

Inhibition of the radiative decay of dye molecules embedded in an ordered aqueous suspension of polystyrene spheres has been measured using picosecond pump-probe techniques. The inhibition is interpreted in terms of excluded vacuum modes and compared with results based on the Wigner-Weisskopf formalism and a three-dimensional scattering model for the fcc colloidal structures.

  • Received 6 April 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1877

©1990 American Physical Society

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Jordi Martorell

  • Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912

N. M. Lawandy

  • Department of Physics and Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912

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Vol. 65, Iss. 15 — 8 October 1990

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