DICHROISM AND BIREFRINGENCE IN APERIODIC COUPLED CAVITIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE POLARIZATION STATES OF QUASI-ISOTROPIC LASERS

Authors
AITAMEUR K STEPHAN G SJERVE E MAY AD
Citation
K. Aitameur et al., DICHROISM AND BIREFRINGENCE IN APERIODIC COUPLED CAVITIES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE POLARIZATION STATES OF QUASI-ISOTROPIC LASERS, Applied optics, 33(34), 1994, pp. 7895-7900
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
33
Issue
34
Year of publication
1994
Pages
7895 - 7900
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1994)33:34<7895:DABIAC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We show that aperiodic coupled cavities may be designed to have a freq uency-dependent complex reflectance that is anisotropic in phase (bire fringent) and in amplitude (dichroic). The complex mean or average ref lectivity may also be frequency dependent. As an illustration we show how such multicavity effects influence the stability of the polarizati on of light in quasi-isotropic lasers. Possible applications of the pr operties of aperiodic coupled cavities are suggested.