CIRCULAR ANISOTROPY OF A ROTATING FABRY-PEROT CAVITY

A theoretical investigation was done concerning the resonant propertie s of a rotating Fabry- Perot cavity with dielectric media inside. The frequency splitting of orthogonal circularly-polarized modes had been predicted. Formula for the frequency splitting was obtained taking int o account refractive index dispersion, dynamic-optical effect and the transversal structure of the electromagnetic field. We represent a sim plified analysis, based on the geometrical optical theory, and we also present an accurate analysis on the basis of the general theory of re lativity. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.