Purcell effect at the percolation transition

Szilard, Daniela; Kort-Kamp, Wilton Junior de Melo; Rosa, Felipe S. S.; Pinheiro, Felipe A.; Farina, Carlos

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.134204

Title: Purcell effect at the percolation transition

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.134204· OSTI ID:1331285

Szilard, Daniela ^[1]; Kort-Kamp, Wilton Junior de Melo ^[2]; Rosa, Felipe S. S. ^[1]; Pinheiro, Felipe A. ^[1]; Farina, Carlos ^[1]

Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Here, we investigate the spontaneous emission rate of a two-level quantum emitter next to a composite medium made of randomly distributed metallic inclusions embedded in a dielectric host matrix. In the near field, the Purcell factor can be enhanced by two orders of magnitude relative to the case of a homogeneous metallic medium and reaches its maximum precisely at the insulator-metal transition. By unveiling the role of the decay pathways in the emitter's lifetime, we demonstrate that, close to the percolation threshold, the radiation emission process is dictated by electromagnetic absorption in the heterogeneous medium. We show that our findings are robust against change in material properties and shape of inclusions and apply for different effective-medium theories as well as for a wide range of transition frequencies.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1331285

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-16-23696; PRBMDO

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 94, Issue 13; ISSN 2469-9950

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Country of Publication:: United States

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