Spontaneous decay rate and Casimir-Polder potential of an atom near a lithographed surface
arXiv:1503.08732 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022503
Abstract
Radiative corrections to an atom are calculated near a half-space that has arbitrarily-shaped small depositions upon its surface. The method is based on calculation of the classical Green's function of the macroscopic Maxwell equations near an arbitrarily perturbed half-space using a Born series expansion about the bare half-space Green's function. The formalism of macroscopic quantum electrodynamics is used to carry this over into the quantum picture. The broad utility of the calculated Green's function is demonstrated by using it to calculate two quantities --- the spontaneous decay rate of an atom near a sharp surface feature, and the Casimir-Polder potential of a finite grating deposited on a substrate. Qualitatively new behaviour is found in both cases, most notably in the latter where it is observed that the periodicity of the Casimir-Polder potential persists even outside the immediate vicinity of the grating.
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