Spontaneous emission enhancement in metal–dielectric metamaterials

Spontaneous emission enhancement in metal–dielectric metamaterials

We study the spontaneous emission of a dipole emitter imbedded into a layered metal–dielectric metamaterial. We demonstrate ultra-high values of the Purcell factor in such structures due to a high density of states with hyperbolic isofrequency surfaces. We reveal that the traditional effective-mediu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physics letters. A 2012-01, Vol.376 (3), p.185-187
Hauptverfasser: Iorsh, Ivan, Poddubny, Alexander, Orlov, Alexey, Belov, Pavel, Kivshar, Yuri S.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Atomic structure
Dipoles
Emittance
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical models
Metal–dielectric nanostructures
Metamaterials
Purcell factor
Solid state physics
Spontaneous emission
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Zusammenfassung:We study the spontaneous emission of a dipole emitter imbedded into a layered metal–dielectric metamaterial. We demonstrate ultra-high values of the Purcell factor in such structures due to a high density of states with hyperbolic isofrequency surfaces. We reveal that the traditional effective-medium approach greatly underestimates the value of the Purcell factor due to the presence of an effective nonlocality, and we present an analytical model which agrees well with numerical calculations.
ISSN:0375-9601
1873-2429
DOI:10.1016/j.physleta.2011.11.001