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Interplay between spontaneous decay rates and Lamb shifts in open photonic systems

Optics 2018-04-25 v1

Abstract

In this letter, we describe the modified decay rate and photonic Lamb (frequency) shift of quantum emitters in terms of the resonant states of a neighboring photonic resonator. This description illustrates a fundamental distinction in the behaviors of closed (conservative) and open (dissipative) systems: the Lamb shift is bounded by the emission linewidth in closed systems while it overcomes this limit in open systems.

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@article{arxiv.1804.08684,
  title  = {Interplay between spontaneous decay rates and Lamb shifts in open photonic systems},
  author = {Emmanuel Lassalle and Nicolas Bonod and Thomas Durt and Brian Stout},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.08684},
  year   = {2018}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures