Published November 2011 | Version v1
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Statistical properties of spontaneous emission from atoms near a rough surface

Creators

  • 1. Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud, Campus Polytechnique, RD128, F-91127 Palaiseau cedex (France)

Description

We study the lifetime of the excited state of an atom or molecule near a plane surface with a given random surface roughness. In particular, we discuss the impact of the scattering of surface modes within the rough surface. Our study is completed by considering the lateral correlation length of the decay rate and the variance discussing its relation to the C0 correlation.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.84.052902;
arXiv
arXiv:1111.1960v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 052902-052902.10
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44051952
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
ATOMS; CORRELATIONS; EXCITED STATES; LIFETIME; MOLECULES; RANDOMNESS; ROUGHNESS; SCATTERING; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY LEVELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES

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Notes
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