Experimental Observation of Wave Chaos in a Conventional Optical Resonator
- 28 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 88 (6), 064101
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.064101
Abstract
We report on an experimental observation of optical wave chaos in a resonator consisting of three standard, high-reflectivity mirrors. The nonseparability of the wave equation necessary for chaos is introduced by violating the paraxial approximation. Until recently progress in optical wave chaos was hampered by the inherent difficulty in realizing suitable microscopic systems; now this novel, macroscopic approach offers complete and easy control and allows unprecedented study of optical wave chaos.Keywords
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