Spontaneous emission in two-dimensional photonic crystal microcavities

The properties of the radiation field in a two-dimensional photonic crystal with and without a microcavity introduced are investigated through the concept of the position-dependent photon density of states. The position-dependent rate of spontaneous radiative decay for a two-level atom with random orientation is deduced from the photon density of states using the Fermi Golden Rule Original language English Journal I E E E Journal of Quantum Electronics Volume 36 Issue number 4 Pages (from-to) 450-457 ISSN 0018-9197 DOIs https://doi.org/10.1109/3.831020 Publication status Published - 2000 Bibliographical note Copyright: 2000 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE