Microcavity-induced modification of the dipole-dipole interaction

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 667-670

  Agarwal, Girish S ^a   Gupta, S Dutta ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; METALS; PERMITTIVITY; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY;

DIELECTRIC FUNCTION; DIPOLE-DIPOLE INTERACTION; MICROCAVITIES; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICAL EFFECTS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0031648069     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.667     Document Type: Article

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