Near-field Electrodynamics of Atomically Doped Carbon Nanotubes

Details Near-field Electrodynamics of Atomically Doped Carbon Nanotubes Near-field Electrodynamics of Atomically Doped Carbon Nanotubes

2005-01-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501593v1

In: "Trends in Nanotubes Research", ed. D.A.Martin. Nova Publishers, USA, 2006, Ch.6

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Book Chapter. 50 pages, 11 figures. To be published in "Nanotubes: New Research", edited by F.Columbus (Nova Science, New York

Scientific paper

We develop a quantum theory of near-field electrodynamical properties of carbon nanotubes and investigate spontaneous decay dynamics of excited states and van der Waals attraction of the ground state of an atomic system close to a single-wall nanotube surface. Atomic spontaneous decay exhibits vacuum-field Rabi oscillations -- a principal signature of strong atom-vacuum-field coupling. The strongly coupled atomic state is nothing but a 'quasi-1D cavity polariton'. Its stability is mainly determined by the atom-nanotube van der Waals interaction. Our calculations of the ground-state atom van der Waals energy performed within a universal quantum mechanical approach valid for both weak and strong atom-field coupling demonstrate the inapplicability of conventional weak-coupling-based van der Waals interaction models in a close vicinity of the nanotube surface.

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