Observation of emission from chaotic lasing modes in deformed microspheres: Displacement by the stable-orbit modes

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1828-1834

  Chang, Seongsik ^a   Chang, Richard K ^a   Stone, A Douglas ^a   Nöckel, Jens U ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAMILTONIANS; LASER APPLICATIONS; RAY TRACING;

CHAOTIC LASING MODES;

MICROOPTICS;

EID: 0034365310     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.17.001828     Document Type: Article

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19. D = 90°.