Abstract
We study the spontaneous emission of a dipole emitter imbedded into a layered metal-dielectric metamaterial. We demonstrate ultra-high values of the Purcell factor in such structures due to a high density of states with hyperbolic isofrequency surfaces. We reveal that the traditional effective-medium approach greatly underestimates the value of the Purcell factor due to the presence of an effective nonlocality, and we present an analytical model which agrees well with numerical calculations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 185-187 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics |
| Volume | 376 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Jan 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy