DocumentCode
2672747
Title
Highly directional emission from nearly spherical resonators
Author
Lacey, S. ; Foster, D. ; Hailin Wang ; Noeckel, J.U.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Colgate Coll., Eugene, OR, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
We report highly directional light emission from nearly spherical fused-silica resonators. It is found that non-perturbative phase space structure in the internal ray dynamics profoundly affects evanescent leakage of the whispering-gallery modes.
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; light reflection; SiO/sub 2/; evanescent leakage; fused-silica resonators; highly directional light emission; internal ray dynamics; nearly spherical resonators; nonperturbative phase space structure; whispering-gallery modes; Chaos; Laser modes; Optical filters; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Optimized production technology; Q factor; Resonance; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-749-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2003.238337
Filename
1276454
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