Generalized effective mode volume for leaky optical cavities

Philip Trøst Kristensen, C. Van Vlack, S. Hughes

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    Abstract

    We show explicitly how the commonly adopted prescription for calculating effective mode volumes is wrong and leads to uncontrolled errors. Instead, we introduce a generalized mode volume that can be easily evaluated based on the mode calculation methods typically applied in the literature, and which allows one to compute the Purcell effect and other interesting optical phenomena in a rigorous and unambiguous way.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalOptics Letters
    Volume37
    Issue number10
    Pages (from-to)1649-1651
    ISSN0146-9592
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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    This paper was published in Optics Letters and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?uri=ol-37-10-1649. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.

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