Giant lamb shift in photonic crystals

Xue Hua Wang*, Yuri S. Kivshar, Ben Yuan Gu

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    Abstract

    The use of Lamb shift of multilevel atoms in inhomogeneous electromagnetic structures was analyzed to study the inverse-opal photonic crystals (PC). It was found that the real photon processes play a key role in inhomogeneous dielectric structures. Photonic crystals could modify the photonic density of state (DOS) and local DOS and enhanced the quantum interference effects and non-markovian effects. The results provide a deep insight into the theory of spontaneous emission in PC and the development of thresholdless lasers.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number073901
    Pages (from-to)073901-1-073901-4
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume93
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 13 Aug 2004

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