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Efficient micro-resonators simultaneously require a large quality factor $Q$ and a small volume $V$. However, the former is ultimately limited by bending losses, the unavoidable radiation of energy of a wave upon changing direction of…
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Optical resonators are essential components of lasers and other wavelength-sensitive optical devices. A resonator is characterized by a set of modes, each with a resonant frequency omega and resonance width Delta omega=1/tau, where tau is…
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Using topological classical considerations (Poincar\`{e} Maps) the appearance of ``bow-tie''-shaped resonances is predicted for certain types of waveguides. The geometry of such waveguides is chosen to yield mixed chaotic dymnamics. Then,…
A novel, 3-dimensional, convex, multi-pass optical cavity with partially-chaotic ray dynamics is presented. The light is localized near stable, long-path length trajectories supported by the cavity, and beam diffraction is suppressed by the…
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We investigate the lasing action in coupled multi-row nanopillar waveguides of periodic or fractal structure using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method, coupled to the laser rate equations. Such devices exhibit band splitting…
A detailed numerical analysis of the magnetization reversal processes in multisegmented nanowire arrays was developed. The nanowires have a long aspect ratio and are formed by magnetic and non-magnetic sections alternately arranged in such…
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