Rayleigh scattering in coupled microcavities: Theory

TL;DR

This paper presents a theoretical study of Rayleigh scattering in coupled microcavities, examining how structural disorder affects scattering events and evaluating the validity of effective filter theories.

Contribution

It extends Savona's model to coupled microcavities and demonstrates that effective filter theories can be invalid in this context.

Findings

Structural disorder influences forbidden scattering events.

Extended model confirms the validity of effective filter theories.

Provides insights into disorder effects in microcavity structures.

Abstract

In this paper we theoretically study how structural disorder in coupled semiconductor heterostructures influences single-particle scattering events that would otherwise be forbidden by symmetry. We extend the model of V. Savona to describe Rayleigh scattering in coupled planar microcavity structures, and answer the question, whether effective filter theories can be ruled out. They can.