Abstract
Because of the possibility of manipulating the spontaneous decay rate of active atoms embedded in a dielectric medium, there has recently, been great interest in studying the behavior of these atoms. The decay rate of the atoms warrants special study as it is affected by additional physical factors not present in cavity QED. It is shown that the usual value given for one of these additional factors is incorrect, and the correct value can be related to a basic property of the standard QED Hamiltonian.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | XVII International Conference on Quantum Electronics. Digest of |
Publisher | Publ by IEEE |
Number of pages | 1 |
State | Published - Dec 1 1990 |
Event | 17th International Conference on Quantum Electronics - IQEC '90 - Anaheim, CA, USA Duration: May 21 1990 → May 25 1990 |
Other
Other | 17th International Conference on Quantum Electronics - IQEC '90 |
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City | Anaheim, CA, USA |
Period | 5/21/90 → 5/25/90 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering