Chaotic ray dynamics in an optical cavity with a beam splitter
Optics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We investigate the ray dynamics in an optical cavity when a ray splitting mechanism is present. The cavity is a conventional two-mirror stable resonator and the ray splitting is achieved by inserting an optical beam splitter perpendicular to the cavity axis. Using Hamiltonian optics, we show that such a simple device presents a surprisingly rich chaotic ray dynamics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0312001,
title = {Chaotic ray dynamics in an optical cavity with a beam splitter},
author = {G. Puentes and A. Aiello and J. P. Woerdman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0312001},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures