We study theoretically the cooperative light emission from a system of $N\gg 1$ classical oscillators confined within a volume with spatial scale, $L$, much smaller than the radiation wavelength, $��_0=2��c/��_0$. We assume that the oscillators frequencies are randomly distributed around a central frequency, $��_0$, with some characteristic width, $��\ll��_0$. In the absence of disorder, that is $��=0$, the cooperative emission spectrum is composed of a narrow subradiant peak superimposed on a wide superradiant band. When $��\neq 0$, we demonstrate that if $N$ is large enough, the subradiant peak is not simply broadened by the disorder but rather splits into a system of random narrow peaks. We estimate the spectral width of these peaks as a function of $N, L, ��$, and $��_0$. We also estimate the amplitude of this mesoscopic structure in the emission spectrum.

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