Theoretical investigations on optical caustics of spherical microresonators: Analytical expressions of caustics and their asymptotic behaviors, computational simulations

Optics Communications

Volumn 285, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2247-2254

  Pluchon, David ^a   Bêche, Bruno ^a,b   Huby, Nolwenn ^a   Gaviot, Etienne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Analogy with Quantum Mechanics (QM); Eikonal or iconale equation; ElectroMagnetism (EM) and eigenvectors modal problem; Inner and outer optical caustics; Spherical Micro Resonators (MRs); Whispering Gallery Modes (WGM)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIORS; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EIKONAL; F-FUNCTION; GRAPHICAL SIMULATION; INNER AND OUTER OPTICAL CAUSTICS; L-VALUES; MICRO RESONATORS; MODAL FIELD; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; PROBLEM RESOLUTION; QUASI-RESONANCE; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES;

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM THEORY; SPHERES;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84857994168     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2011.12.060     Document Type: Article

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