Sagnac effect in resonant microcavities

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

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• Ray and wave chaos in asymmetric resonant optical cavities

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