Quantum interference via nonradiative transitions between energy levels of atoms in one-dimensional photonic crystals

Abstract

© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. The self-energy correction to the mass of an atomic electron placed into a void of the photonic crystal medium is investigated. In this study the one-dimensional photonic crystal made from gallium arsenide and vacuum layers is considered. We show that the electron mass change gives rise not only to the shifts of the atomic energies but also to the nonradiative transitions between atomic levels. These transitions add new channels to a decay of an atomic state that leads to a quantum interference between these channels.