Waves and rays in plano-concave laser cavities, Part~II: a semiclassical approach
Optics
2017-04-26 v1
Abstract
This second paper on the Fabry-Perot cavity presents a semi-classical approach, which means that we consider the transition from wave optics to geometrical optics. The basic concepts are the periodic orbits and their stability. For the plano-concave Fabry-Perot cavity in the paraxial approximation, the derivation of the trace formula demonstrates that the spectrum is based only on the axial periodic orbit and its repetitions. Experiments with micro-lasers illustrate the relation to periodic orbits. The methods presented in this paper are not limited to laser cavities and can be applied to a large range of wave systems.
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@article{arxiv.1701.00118,
title = {Waves and rays in plano-concave laser cavities, Part~II: a semiclassical approach},
author = {A. Pascal and S. Bittner and B. Dietz and A. Trabattoni and C. Ulysse and M. Romanelli and M. Brunel and J. Zyss and M. Lebental},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.00118},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Submitted to European Journal of Physics for the focus issue on advanced optics