Modal analysis of spontaneous emission in a planar microcavity

Journal Article · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.54.2356· OSTI ID:383155

Rigneault, H; Monneret, S ^[1]

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1. Laboratoire d`Optique des Surfaces et des Couches Minces, Unite associee au CNRS, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Physique de Marseille, Domaine Universitaire de St. Jerome, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20 (France)

A complete set of cavity modes in planar dielectric microcavities is presented which naturally includes guided modes. We show that most of these orthonormal fields can be derived from a coherent superposition of plane waves incoming on the stack from the air and from the substrate. Spontaneous emission of a dipole located inside the microcavity is analyzed, in terms of cavity modes. Derivation of the radiation pattern in the air and in the substrate is presented. The power emitted into the guided modes is also determined. Finally, a numerical analysis of the radiative properties of an erbium atom located in a Fabry-P{acute e}rot multilayer dielectric microcavity is investigated. We show that a large amount of light is emitted into the guided modes of the structure, in spite of the Fabry-P{acute e}rot resonance, which increases the spontaneous emission rate in a normal direction. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• OSTI ID: 383155
• Journal Information: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 54; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
CAVITIES
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
DIPOLES
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
ERBIUM
LASERS
NORMAL-MODE ANALYSIS
QUANTUM OPTICS
SPONTANEOUS EMISSION