Electron rest mass and energy levels of atoms in photonic crystal medium

Details Electron rest mass and energy levels of atoms in photonic crystal medium Electron rest mass and energy levels of atoms in photonic crystal medium

2011-12-27

arxiv.org/abs/1201.1860v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

7 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

Photonic crystals are periodic systems that consist of dielectrics with different refractive indices. They are designed to act on photons in contrast to semiconductor crystals whose periodicity affects the motion of electrons. Here we consider the interaction of an atomic electron with its own radiation field in the case when the atom is placed in air voids of a photonic crystal and is not in mechanical contact with the vibrational degrees of freedom of the dielectric host. A strong modification of this interaction from that in free space is shown to change the rest mass of the electron, and this gives rise to the shift of the atomic energy levels similar to the isotopic shift. This shift is investigated by using the example of atomic hydrogen in a high index-contrast photonic crystal. The found effect may be of interest both from the fundamental and the practical points of view.

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