Synthetic gauge fields for light beams in optical resonators
Optics
2016-01-15 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
A method to realize artificial magnetic fields for light waves trapped in passive optical cavities with anamorphic optical elements is theoretically proposed. In particular, when a homogeneous magnetic field is realized, a highly-degenerate Landau level structure for the frequency spectrum of the transverse resonator modes is obtained, corresponding to a cyclotron motion of the optical cavity field. This can be probed by transient excitation of the passive optical resonator.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1504.08162,
title = {Synthetic gauge fields for light beams in optical resonators},
author = {Stefano Longhi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.08162},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures