Strongly Coupled Matter-Field and Non-Analytic Decay Rate of Dipole Molecules in a Waveguide

Abstract

The decay rate $\gam$ of an excited dipole molecule inside a waveguide is evaluated for the strongly coupled matter-field case near a cutoff frequency $\ome_c$ without using perturbation analysis. Due to the singularity in the density of photon states at the cutoff frequency, we find that $\gam$ depends non-analytically on the coupling constant $⋙$ as ${⋙}^{4/3}$. In contrast to the ordinary evaluation of $\gam$ which relies on the Fermi golden rule (itself based on perturbation analysis), $\gam$ has an upper bound and does not diverge at $\ome_c$ even if we assume perfect conductance in the waveguide walls. As a result, again in contrast to the statement found in the literature, the speed of emitted light from the molecule does not vanish at $\ome_c$ and is proportional to $c{⋙}^{2/3}$ which is on the order of $10^3\sim 10^4$ m/s for typical dipole molecules.

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