Statistical properties of spontaneous emission from atoms near a rough surface

Svend-Age Biehs (1) , Jean-Jacques Greffet (2)

1 Institut für Physik [Oldenburg]
2 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Naphel

We study the lifetime of the excited state of an atom or molecule near a plane surface with a given random surface roughness. In particular, we discuss the impact of the scattering of surface modes within the rough surface. Our study is completed by considering the lateral correlation length of the decay rate and the variance discussing its relation to the C0 correlation.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Svend-Age Biehs, Jean-Jacques Greffet. Statistical properties of spontaneous emission from atoms near a rough surface. Physical Review A : Atomic, molecular, and optical physics [1990-2015], 2011, 84, pp.052902. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevA.84.052902⟩. ⟨hal-00821583⟩