Rotation-induced superstructure in slow-light waveguides with mode-degeneracy: Optical gyroscopes with exponential sensitivity

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1216-1224

  Steinberg, Ben Z ^a   Scheuer, Jacob ^a   Boag, Amir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); GYROSCOPES; MICROCAVITIES; OPTICAL BAND GAPS; OPTICAL ROTATION;

EXPONENTIAL SENSITIVITY; MODE DEGENERACY; OPTICAL GYROSCOPES; ROTATION-INDUCED SUPERSTRUCTURE;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34250782187     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.001216     Document Type: Article

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