76 research outputs found
Hexagonal dielectric resonators and microcrystal lasers
We study long-lived resonances (lowest-loss modes) in hexagonally shaped
dielectric resonators in order to gain insight into the physics of a class of
microcrystal lasers. Numerical results on resonance positions and lifetimes,
near-field intensity patterns, far-field emission patterns, and effects of
rounding of corners are presented. Most features are explained by a
semiclassical approximation based on pseudointegrable ray dynamics and boundary
waves. The semiclassical model is also relevant for other microlasers of
polygonal geometry.Comment: 12 pages, 17 figures (3 with reduced quality
Spectral properties of quantized barrier billiards
The properties of energy levels in a family of classically pseudointegrable
systems, the barrier billiards, are investigated. An extensive numerical study
of nearest-neighbor spacing distributions, next-to-nearest spacing
distributions, number variances, spectral form factors, and the level dynamics
is carried out. For a special member of the billiard family, the form factor is
calculated analytically for small arguments in the diagonal approximation. All
results together are consistent with the so-called semi-Poisson statistics.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure
Evanescent wave approach to diffractive phenomena in convex billiards with corners
What we are going to call in this paper "diffractive phenomena" in billiards
is far from being deeply understood. These are sorts of singularities that, for
example, some kind of corners introduce in the energy eigenfunctions. In this
paper we use the well-known scaling quantization procedure to study them. We
show how the scaling method can be applied to convex billiards with corners,
taking into account the strong diffraction at them and the techniques needed to
solve their Helmholtz equation. As an example we study a classically
pseudointegrable billiard, the truncated triangle. Then we focus our attention
on the spectral behavior. A numerical study of the statistical properties of
high-lying energy levels is carried out. It is found that all computed
statistical quantities are roughly described by the so-called semi-Poisson
statistics, but it is not clear whether the semi-Poisson statistics is the
correct one in the semiclassical limit.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
Fractal Weyl law for chaotic microcavities: Fresnel's laws imply multifractal scattering
We demonstrate that the harmonic inversion technique is a powerful tool to
analyze the spectral properties of optical microcavities. As an interesting
example we study the statistical properties of complex frequencies of the fully
chaotic microstadium. We show that the conjectured fractal Weyl law for open
chaotic systems [W. T. Lu, S. Sridhar, and M. Zworski, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91,
154101 (2003)] is valid for dielectric microcavities only if the concept of the
chaotic repeller is extended to a multifractal by incorporating Fresnel's laws.Comment: 8 pages, 12 figure
The Quantum-Classical Correspondence in Polygonal Billiards
We show that wave functions in planar rational polygonal billiards (all
angles rationally related to Pi) can be expanded in a basis of quasi-stationary
and spatially regular states. Unlike the energy eigenstates, these states are
directly related to the classical invariant surfaces in the semiclassical
limit. This is illustrated for the barrier billiard. We expect that these
states are also present in integrable billiards with point scatterers or
magnetic flux lines.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures (in reduced quality), to appear in PR
Singular continuous spectra in a pseudo-integrable billiard
The pseudo-integrable barrier billiard invented by Hannay and McCraw [J.
Phys. A 23, 887 (1990)] -- rectangular billiard with line-segment barrier
placed on a symmetry axis -- is generalized. It is proven that the flow on
invariant surfaces of genus two exhibits a singular continuous spectral
component.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Systematic study of carrier correlations in the electron-hole recombination dynamics of quantum dots
The ground state carrier dynamics in self-assembled (In,Ga)As/GaAs quantum
dots has been studied using time-resolved photoluminescence and transmission.
By varying the dot design with respect to confinement and doping, the dynamics
is shown to follow in general a non-exponential decay. Only for specific
conditions in regard to optical excitation and carrier population, for example,
the decay can be well described by a mono-exponential form. For resonant
excitation of the ground state transition a strong shortening of the
luminescence decay time is observed as compared to the non-resonant case. The
results are consistent with a microscopic theory that accounts for deviations
from a simple two-level picture.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figure
Regular Spectra and Universal Directionality of Emitted Radiation from a Quadrupolar Deformed Microcavity
We have investigated quasi-eigenmodes of a quadrupolar deformed microcavity
by extensive numerical calculations. The spectral structure is found to be
quite regular, which can be explained on the basis of the fact that the
microcavity is an open system. The far-field emission directions of the modes
show unexpected similarity irrespective of their distinct shapes in phase
space. This universal directionality is ascribed to the influence from the
geometry of the unstable manifolds in the corresponding ray dynamics.Comment: 10 pages 11 figure
Devil's Staircase in Magnetoresistance of a Periodic Array of Scatterers
The nonlinear response to an external electric field is studied for classical
non-interacting charged particles under the influence of a uniform magnetic
field, a periodic potential, and an effective friction force. We find numerical
and analytical evidence that the ratio of transversal to longitudinal
resistance forms a Devil's staircase. The staircase is attributed to the
dynamical phenomenon of mode-locking.Comment: two-column 4 pages, 5 figure
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