Probing the Purcell effect without radiative decay: Lessons in the frequency and time domains
Quantum Physics
2022-02-02 v1
Abstract
The microscopic processes underlying electro-optic sampling of quantum-vacuum fluctuations are discussed, leading to the interpretation of these experiments in terms of an exchange of virtual photons. With this in mind it is shown how one can directly study the Purcell effect, i.e. the changes induced by cavities upon the quantum vacuum, in the frequency and time domains. This forges a link between electro-optic sampling of the quantum vacuum and geometry-induced vacuum effects.
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@article{arxiv.2107.02647,
title = {Probing the Purcell effect without radiative decay: Lessons in the frequency and time domains},
author = {Frieder Lindel and Francesca Fabiana Settembrini and Robert Bennett and Stefan Yoshi Buhmann},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.02647},
year = {2022}
}