2005/07/31 by Hao Fu, P. R. Berman · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Photonic Crystals and Applications #Photonic and Optical Devices #cond-mat.other #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.72.022104
published as PHYSICAL REVIEW A 72, 022104 (2005) · 12 Pages
openalex publication_date 2005/08/09 · arxiv created 2006/05/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The local field correction to the spontanous decay rate of an impurity source atom embedded in a disordered dielectric is calculated to second order in the dielectric density. The result is found to differ from predictions associated with both ``virtual'' and ``real'' cavity models of this decay process. However, if the contributions from two dielectric atoms at the same position are included, the virtual cavity result is reproduced.