Kaleidoscope lasers: Polygonal boundary conditions & geometrical instabilities
(2013)
Presentation / Conference
McDonald, G., Christian, J., & Huang, J. (2013, June). Kaleidoscope lasers: Polygonal boundary conditions & geometrical instabilities. Presented at College of Science & Technology Research Showcase, University of Salford
Kaleidoscope lasers are geometrically unstable cavities with a feedback mirror that has the shape of a regular polygon [1]. Early calculations of the transverse eigenmodes of these systems hinted toward a fractal (or multi-scale) characteristic, but... Read More about Kaleidoscope lasers: Polygonal boundary conditions & geometrical instabilities.