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Sagnac effect in resonant microcavities

Optics 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

The Sagnac effect in two dimensional (2D) resonant microcavities is studied theoretically and numerically. The frequency shift due to the Sagnac effect occurs as a threshold phenomenon for the angular velocity in a rotating microcavity. Above the threshold, the eigenfunctions of a rotating microcavity become rotating waves while they are standing waves below the threshold.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0607016,
  title  = {Sagnac effect in resonant microcavities},
  author = {Satoshi Sunada and Takahisa Harayama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0607016},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures