2002/06/30 by C. Dembowski, B. Dietz, H. -D. Graef +4
Physics and Astronomy · #nlin.CD
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.89.064101
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 064101 (2002) · 4 pages, 5 figures (reduced quality)
arxiv created 2002/07/22 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
We have measured resonance spectra in a superconducting microwave cavity with the shape of a three-dimensional generalized Bunimovich stadium billiard and analyzed their spectral fluctuation properties. The experimental length spectrum exhibits contributions from periodic orbits of non-generic modes and from unstable periodic orbit of the underlying classical system. It is well reproduced by our theoretical calculations based on the trace formula derived by Balian and Duplantier for chaotic electromagnetic cavities.