Detailed analysis of spontaneous emission of an atom in front of a mirror

Karel E. Drabe, Gerard Cnossen, Douwe A. Wiersma

Karel E. Drabe, Gerard Cnossen, D. A. Wiersma

Almut Beige, Jiannis K. Pachos, HERBERT WALTHER

Motivated by a recent experiment [J. Eschner et al., Nature (London) 413, 495 (2001)], we now present a theoretical study on the fluorescence of an atom in front of a mirror. On the assumption that the presence of the distant mirror and a lens imposes boundary conditions on the electric field in a plane close to the atom, we derive the intensities of the emitted light as a function of an effective atom-mirror distance. The results obtained are in good agreement with the experimental findings.

Hiroshi Taniguchi, Hiroshi Yamada, Tamiya Fujiwara +3 more

It is shown that fluorescence spectra from a dye-doped polymer film in front of a mirror exhibit angular and spectral localization effects caused by self-interference in the spontaneous emission. Spectral results obtained experimentally, which are dependent on film thickness, are found to be in good agreement with the calculated results predicted by a semiclassical description.

Karl Heinz Drexhage

Hiroshi Taniguchi, Hiroto Ito

We show that fluorescence spectra from a dye-doped polymer film in front of a mirror exhibit angular and spectral localization effects caused by self-interference in the spontaneous emission. Experimental spectral results depending on film thickness are found to be by a semiclassical description. in good agreement with the calculated results predicted by a semiclassical description.