Atomic decay rates in a dielectric medium: A test of the standard QED Hamiltonian

S. T. Ho; Prem Kumar

Atomic decay rates in a dielectric medium: A test of the standard QED Hamiltonian

S. T. Ho^*, Prem Kumar

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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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)
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

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Other	17th International Conference on Quantum Electronics - IQEC '90
City	Anaheim, CA, USA
Period	5/21/90 → 5/25/90

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