Chaotic light: a theory of asymmetric resonant cavities
| dc.creator | Nockel, Jens U. | |
| dc.creator | Stone, A. D. | |
| dc.date | 2002-03-21 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T05:47:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T05:47:13Z | |
| dc.description | Spherical and cylindrical dielectric cavities support high Q whispering gallery modes due to total internal reflection of the trapped light. When such a cavity is deformed smoothly the ray dynamics of these modes becomes chaotic in a manner determined by the KAM theory of classical hamiltonian dynamics. The universal properties of the ray dynamics predicted by KAM theory allow a general understanding of the whispering gallery modes of such asymmetric resonant cavities (ARCs). This theory combined with simulations of the non-linear map describing the ray motion provides the basis for a ray-optics model of the Q-spoiling of these whispering gallery modes for large deformations (greater than 1% of the radius). The model predicts a sharp onset as a function of deformation for significant Q-spoiling of these modes and highly directional emission above this threshold. Solution of the wave equation for typical whispering gallery modes confirms the qualitative behavior predicted by the ray-optics model even when the cavity is only a few times the resonant wavelength. The model explains for the first time the lasing intensity profile of highly deformed lasing droplets. | |
| dc.description | This should have been archived long ago | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0203063 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0203063 | |
| dc.identifier | Optical Processes in Microcavities, edited by R.K.Chang and A.J.Campillo (World Scientific Publishers, 1996) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/84625 | |
| dc.subject | Optics | |
| dc.subject | Classical Physics | |
| dc.title | Chaotic light: a theory of asymmetric resonant cavities | |
| dc.type | text |