Fermi's golden rule for spontaneous emission in absorptive and amplifying media

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2102.13015v2
• Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 11:52:37 GMT
• Title: Fermi's golden rule for spontaneous emission in absorptive and amplifying media
• Authors: Sebastian Franke, Juanjuan Ren, Marten Richter, Andreas Knorr, Stephen Hughes
• Abstract summary: We demonstrate a fundamental breakdown of the photonic spontaneous emission formula derived from Fermi's golden rule, in absorptive and amplifying media. We derive a corrected Fermi's golden rule and master equation for a quantum two-level system that yields a quantum pumping term and a modified decay rate that is net positive.
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• Abstract: We demonstrate a fundamental breakdown of the photonic spontaneous emission (SE) formula derived from Fermi's golden rule, in absorptive and amplifying media, where one assumes the SE rate scales with the local photon density of states, an approach often used in more complex, semiclassical nanophotonics simulations. Using a rigorous quantization of the macroscopic Maxwell equations in the presence of arbitrary linear media, we derive a corrected Fermi's golden rule and master equation for a quantum two-level system (TLS) that yields a quantum pumping term and a modified decay rate that is net positive. We show rigorous numerical results of the temporal dynamics of the TLS for an example of two coupled microdisk resonators, forming a gain-loss medium, and demonstrate the clear failure of the commonly adopted formulas based solely on the local density of states.

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