Abstract
We study a nanoemitter in the vicinity of an impedance plane. We provide analytical expressions for the spontaneous emission rate and the angular emission pattern of the emitter in terms of the impedance, distance to the plane , and radiation wavelength . We find that near a resistive plane, diverges as in the limit . In the opposite limit , is an undulating function of whose amplitude depends on the impedance. Both resistive and reactive components of the impedance can be harnessed to modify the angular emission pattern.
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