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Directional emission of stadium-shaped micro-lasers

Optics 2009-11-13 v1 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

The far-field emission of two dimensional (2D) stadium-shaped dielectric cavities is investigated. Micro-lasers with such shape present a highly directional emission. We provide experimental evidence of the dependance of the emission directionality on the shape of the stadium, in good agreement with ray numerical simulations. We develop a simple geometrical optics model which permits to explain analytically main observed features. Wave numerical calculations confirm the results.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0609009,
  title  = {Directional emission of stadium-shaped micro-lasers},
  author = {M. Lebental and J. -S. Lauret and J. Zyss and C. Schmit and E. Bogomolny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0609009},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 8 figures