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View SchemaTheory of emission from an active photonic lattice
| Authors | Weng W. Chow |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0511193 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511193 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.013821 |
Abstract
The emission from a radiating source embedded in a photonic lattice is calculated. The analysis considers the photonic lattice and free space as a combined system. Furthermore, the radiating source and electromagnetic field are quantized. Results show the deviation of the photonic lattice spectrum from the blackbody distribution, with intracavity emission suppressed at certain frequencies and enhanced at others. In the presence of rapid population relaxation, where the photonic lattice and blackbody populations are described by the same equilibrium distribution, it is found that the enhancement does not result in output intensity exceeding that of the blackbody at the same frequency. However, for slow population relaxation, the photonic lattice population has a greater tendency to deviate from thermal equilibrium, resulting in output intensities exceeding those of the blackbody, even for identically pumped structures.
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"abstract": "The emission from a radiating source embedded in a photonic lattice is\ncalculated. The analysis considers the photonic lattice and free space as a\ncombined system. Furthermore, the radiating source and electromagnetic field\nare quantized. Results show the deviation of the photonic lattice spectrum from\nthe blackbody distribution, with intracavity emission suppressed at certain\nfrequencies and enhanced at others. In the presence of rapid population\nrelaxation, where the photonic lattice and blackbody populations are described\nby the same equilibrium distribution, it is found that the enhancement does not\nresult in output intensity exceeding that of the blackbody at the same\nfrequency. However, for slow population relaxation, the photonic lattice\npopulation has a greater tendency to deviate from thermal equilibrium,\nresulting in output intensities exceeding those of the blackbody, even for\nidentically pumped structures.",
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"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.73.013821",
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