Deterministic and storable single photons from a multilayer microsphere

We consider the generation of single photons on demand by pumping an emitter which is enclosed within a spherical distributed dielectric resonator, and then letting it emit spontaneously. The three-dimensional confinement in space of the electromagnetic field gives rise to deep dips and high peaks in the spectral profile of the density of states. The dips can be made use of to store the excitation energy and the peaks to narrow the time window during which a photon is emitted. The feasibility of the proposed scheme is discussed