Abstract
Consider a material system that has localized electronic states (for example, an isolated atom or, in solid-state physics, an isolated impurity in a semiconductor) placed in a planar cavity with perfectly reflecting, metalliclike mirrors. A planar cavity is not a stable resonator, and does not have any discrete modes: it has a continuum of modes which axe angularly dispersed. This means that, when the material system is optically excited, its transition dipole will couple to the continuum of cavity modes. Thus, the energy of the discrete level that corresponds to the localized excitation will decay exponentially into the cavity modes at a rate that is proportional to the density of states of the electromagnetic field inside the cavity, according to Fermi’s Golden Rule.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
S. Haroche, “Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics” in Fundamental Systems in Optics - Les Houches Session LIII-1990 Ed. by J. Dalibard, J.-M. Raimond, and J. ZinnJustin, North Holland (Amsterdam 1992) pp. 769–940.
R. Houdré, C. Weisbuch, R.P. Stanley, U. Oesterle, P. Pelladini, and M. Ilegems, “Measurement of Cavity-Polariton Dispersion Curve from Angle-Resolved Photoluminescence Experiments”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 2043 (1994).
S. Pau, G. Bjork, J. Jacobson, H. Cao, and Y. Yamamoto, “Microcavity Exciton- Polariton Splitting in the Linear Regime” Phys. Rev. B 51, 14437 (1995).
I. Abram, S. lung, R. Kuszelewicz, G. LeRoux, C. Licoppe, J.L. Oudar, E.V.K. Rao, J.I. Bloch, R. Planel, V. Thierry-Mieg, “Nonguiding Half-wave Semiconductor Microcavities Displaying the Exciton-Photon Mode Splitting”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 65, 2516–2518 (1994).
C. Weisbuch, M. Nishioka, A. Ishikawa, and Y. Arakawa, “Observation of the Coupled Exciton-Photon Mode Splitting in a Semiconductor Quantum Microcavity”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 3314 (1992).
R. Houdre, R.P. Stanley, U. Oesterle, M. Ilegems, and C. Weisbuch, “Room Temperature Cavity Polaritons in a Semiconductor Microcavity”, Phys. Rev. B 49, 16761 (1994).
T.B. Norris, J.K. Rhee, C.Y. Sung, Y. Arakawa, M. Nishioka, and C. Weisbuch, “Time-Resolved Vacuum Rabi Oscillations in a Semiconductor Quantum Microcav- ity” Phys. Rev. B 50, 14663 (1994).
J. Jacobson, S. Pau, H. Cao, G. Björk, Y. Yamamoto, “Observation of Exciton- Polariton Oscillating Emission in a Single-Quantum-Well Semiconductor Microcav- ity” Phys. Rev. A 51, 2542 (1995).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1996 Kluwer Academic Publishers
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Abram, I., Sermage, B., Long, S., Bloch, J., Planel, R., Thierry-Mieg, V. (1996). Spontaneous Emission Dynamics in Planar Semiconductor Microcavities. In: Rarity, J., Weisbuch, C. (eds) Microcavities and Photonic Bandgaps: Physics and Applications. NATO ASI Series, vol 324. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0313-5_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0313-5_6
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-94-010-6626-6
Online ISBN: 978-94-009-0313-5
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive