Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-05-28
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
12 Pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
We suggest a better mathematical method, fractional calculus, for studying the behavior of the atom-field interaction in photonic crystals. By studying the spontaneous emission of an atom in a photonic crystal with one-band isotropic model, we found that the long-time inducing memory of the spontaneous emission is a fractional phenomenon. This behavior could be well described by the fractional calculus. And the results show no steady photon-atom bound state for the atomic resonant transition frequency lying in the proximity of allowed band edge which is encountered in the previous study [J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. {\bf 5}, R43 (2003)]. The correctness of this result is validated by the ``cut-off smoothing'' density of photon states (DOS) with fractional calculus. By obtaining a rigorous solution without the multiple-valued problem for the system, we show the method of fractional calculus has logically concise property.
Cheng Szu-Cheng
Hsieh Wen-Feng
Tsai Ming-Rung
Wu Jing-Nuo
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