Resonance Energy Transfer Rate in the Presence of a Cylindrical Photonic Band-gap Structure

Influence of cylindrical waveguide having a concentric photonic band-gap wall on the interatomic resonance energy transfer

“…On the experimental side, RET between a single donor and a single acceptor has been measured in [38] using near-field scanning optical microscopy, and investigation of the mode structures of Bragg onion resonators consisting of regularly placed silicon and silicon dioxide layers have been reported in [39]. In [40], we have reported some preliminary results on the RET between atoms located in this structure, where only positions outside of the cylinder wall in the same cross section normal to the cylindrical axis and atomic dipole moment orientations parallel to the axis have been considered. Here we provide a more comprehensive treatment of the problem, allowing the atoms to be situated either inside or outside of the wall, in a plane normal to the axis or on a line parallel to the axis.…”