arXiv · nlin/0403025
Quasi-Scarred Resonances in a Spiral-Shaped Microcavity
Abstract
We study resonance patterns of a spiral-shaped dielectric microcavity with chaotic ray dynamics. Many resonance patterns of this microcavity, with refractive indices $n=2$ and 3, exhibit strong localization of simple geometric shape, and we call them {\em quasi-scarred resonances} in the sense that there is, unlike the conventional scarring, no underlying periodic orbits. It is shown that the formation of quasi-scarred pattern can be understood in ter ms of ray dynamical probability distributions and wave properties like uncertainty and interference.
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Soo-Young Lee, Sunghwan Rim, Jung-Wan Ryu, Tae-Yoon Kwon, Muhan Choi, Chil-Min Kim. 2004-09-06. Quasi-Scarred Resonances in a Spiral-Shaped Microcavity. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.93.164102
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