Published August 22, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Local field effects on the radiative lifetime of emitters in surrounding media: Virtual- or real-cavity model?

  • 1. Institute of Modern Physics, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065 (China)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy and MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch (New Zealand)

Description

By close analysis of the available experimental results on the spontaneous emission lifetime of various emitters in different media and examining the assumptions underlying the two titled models, we reach a consistent interpretation of the experimental results and give a practical criterion on which model is applicable for a given situation

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2005.06.037;
arXiv
arXiv:cond-mat/0505587v1;
PII
S0375-9601(05)00914-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
343
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 474-480
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37036961
Subject category
S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Descriptors DEI
CAVITIES; EMISSION; LIFETIME; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX
Descriptors DEC
OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.