Sagnac effect in resonant microcavities
arXiv:physics/0607016 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.74.021801
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.
4 pages, 3 figures