Statistical properties of spontaneous emission from atoms near a rough surface

Author(s): Svend-Age Biehs, Jean-Jacques Greffet
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Article: Phys. Rev. A 84, 052902 (2011), American Physical Society
Keywords: rough surface, life time, emission rate, local density of states, LDOS, correlation, C0 correlation
PACS: 34.35.+a, 32.50.+d, 68.49.-h, 73.20.Mf
Abstract:: 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.
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