Spontaneous Emission in Chaotic Cavities
Abstract
The spontaneous emission rate γ of a two-level atom inside a chaotic cavity fluctuates strongly from one point to another because of fluctuations in the local density of modes. For a cavity with perfectly conducting walls and an opening containing N wave channels, the distribution of γ is given by P\(γ\)~γN/2-1\(γ+γ0\)-N-1, where γ0 is the free-space rate. For small N the most probable value of γ is much smaller than the mean value γ0.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- September 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1841
- arXiv:
- arXiv:chao-dyn/9706026
- Bibcode:
- 1997PhRvL..79.1841M
- Keywords:
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- Nonlinear Sciences - Chaotic Dynamics;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, RevTeX, 1 figure