2002/03/21 by M. Hentschel, J. U. Nockel
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.optics
published as Quantum Optics of Small Structures, edited by D.Lenstra, T.D.Visser and K.A.H.van Leeuwen (Edita KNAW, Amsterdam, 2000) · 2 figures
arxiv created 2002/03/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
The stationary states of a microlaser are related to the decaying quasibound states of the corresponding passive cavity. These are interpreted classically as originating from sequential escape attempts of an ensemble of rays obeying a curvature-corrected Fresnel formula. Polarization-dependent predictions of this model, and its limitations for stable orbits in partially chaotic systems are discussed.