Classical Phase Space Revealed by Coherent Light
Optics
2007-05-23 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
We study the far field characteristics of oval-resonator laser diodes made of an AlGaAs/GaAs quantum well. The resonator shapes are various oval geometries, thereby probing chaotic and mixed classical dynamics. The far field pattern shows a pronounced fine structure that strongly depends on the cavity shape. Comparing the experimental data with ray-model simulations for a Fresnel billiard yields convincing agreement for all geometries and reveals the importance of the underlying classical phase space for the lasing characteristics.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0612190,
title = {Classical Phase Space Revealed by Coherent Light},
author = {Tomoko Tanaka and Martina Hentschel and Takehiro Fukushima and Takahisa Harayama},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0612190},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures (reduced quality), accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters