Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:47:29 BST CiteULike: martinthesis's Hilfer http://www.citeulike.org/user/martinthesis/author/Hilfer CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/martinthesis/article/1168411 <i>Physical Review Letters, Vol. 55, No. 20. (1985), pp. 2137-2140.</i><br /><br />Spontaneous radiation by an atom in a Rydberg state has been in- hibited by use of parallel conducting planes to eliminate the vacuum modes at the transition frequency. Spontaneous emission is observed to “turn off” abruptly at the cutoff frequency of the waveguidelike structure and the natural lifetime is measured to increase by a factor of at least 20. Inhibited spontaneous emission by a Rydberg atom Randall Hulet Eric Hilfer Daniel Kleppner doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.2137 Physical Review Letters, Vol. 55, No. 20. (1985), pp. 2137-2140. 2007-03-17T09:37:29-00:00 1985 Physical Review Letters 55 20 2137 2140 APS cavity qed rydberg spontaneous