On the Electrodynamics of Rotating Crystals, Micro-Cavities, and Slow-Light Structures: From Asymptotic Theories to Exact Green´s Function Based Solutions

Author

Shamir, Adi ; Steinberg, Ben Z.

Author_Institution

Tel-Aviv Univ., Tel-Aviv

fYear

2007

fDate

17-21 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

45

Lastpage

48

Abstract

We study the electrodynamics of rigidly rotating micro-cavities and slow-light structures formed by a set of weakly coupled micro-cavities. Our analysis is performed in the rotating system rest-frame, using a tight-binding asymptotic theory adapted to rotating reference frame. New manifestations of the Sagnac effect are explored. The analytical results are tested against full-wave numerical solutions based on exact rotating medium Green´s function theory. The new results can be used to design miniature optical gyroscopes.

Keywords

Green´s function methods; Sagnac interferometers; electrodynamics; gyroscopes; micro-optics; microcavities; optical materials; optical rotation; slow wave structures; tight-binding calculations; Green´s function theory; Sagnac effect; electrodynamics; full-wave numerical solutions; optical gyroscopes; rigidly rotating microcavities; slow-light structures; tight-binding asymptotic theory; weakly coupled microcavities; Crystals; Dispersion; Electrodynamics; Green´s function methods; Gyroscopes; Optical propagation; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Sagnac interferometers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2007. ICEAA 2007. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0767-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0767-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2007.4387234

Filename

4387234