• DocumentCode
    2577529
  • Title

    Sagnac effect and frequency splitting in rotating optical microcavities

  • Author

    Harayama, Takahisa ; Sunada, Satoshi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Nonlinear Sci., ATR Wave Eng. Lab., Seika
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    22-26 June 2008
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    38
  • Abstract
    The Sagnac effect in rotating microcavities is studied theoretically and numerically. The frequency splitting due to the Sagnac effect occurs as a threshold-like 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.
  • Keywords
    micro-optics; microcavities; optical resonators; perturbation theory; Sagnac effect; angular velocity; frequency splitting; rotating optical microcavities; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Gyroscopes; Microcavities; Optical mixing; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Resonance; Ring lasers; Sagnac interferometers; Sagnac effect; frequency splitting; general theory of relativity; microcavity; rotation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Athens
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2625-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2626-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598724
  • Filename
    4598724