Abstract
The quantum theory of the spontaneous emission (SpE) in the optical microscopic cavity (microcavity) is reported we believe for the first time.1,2 The forms of the modes propagating orthogonally to the mirrors and previously studied by Ley and Loudon3 are here generalized to cover all spatial directions. Microcavity field quantization leads to the expressions of the SpE probabilities Γ||, Γ⊥ for dipoles parallel and orthogonal to the mirrors, respectively. These are computer calculated for some experimentally significant cases involving both metal and dielectric multilayer-mirror coatings.
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