The virtual-photon effects in spontaneou
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Zhengdong Liu; Yu Lin; Shiyao Zhu; Ke Shang; Liang Zeng
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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In a three-level atom embedded in a photonic band gap structure, the spontaneous emission is studied both with and without rotating-wave approximation. The virtual-photon-localized field is found, which causes a greater population of the atom trapped in its upper states.