Title :
Effect of rotation on resonant modes of deformed dielectric microcavities
Author :
Sarma, Raktim ; Li Ge ; Hui Cao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
We showed numerically rotation causes much larger changes of quality factor and emission pattern of resonant modes than frequency shift in open dielectric microcavities, providing possible alternative schemes of rotation sensing than using Sagnac effect.
Keywords :
Q-factor; micro-optics; microcavities; optical resonators; optical rotation; deformed dielectric microcavities; emission pattern; frequency shift; numerically rotation; open dielectric microcavities; quality factor; resonant modes; rotation sensing; Cavity resonators; Dielectrics; Microcavities; Optical sensors; Q-factor; Resonant frequency; Sagnac interferometers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
