Ray-wave correspondence in an unstable quasistadium laser resonator

Takehiro Fukushima*, Takahisa Harayama, Jan Wiersig

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Abstract

The relation between unstable periodic orbits and resonator modes in a fully chaotic open-sided two-dimensional laser resonator is theoretically investigated in the short wavelength limit. We derive a periodic-orbit-sum formula for eigenvalues of the resonator modes by applying the semiclassical approximation to the extended Fox-Li mode calculation method. With this formula, we show that the complicated wavelength dependence of the power-coupling coefficients of the fully chaotic quasi-stadium laser resonator can be explained by a few kinds of unstable periodic orbits.

Original languageEnglish
Article number023816
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume73
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006 Mar 2
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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