Photon Band Structure in a Sagnac Fiber-Optic Ring Resonator
- 18 July 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 61 (3) , 318-321
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.61.318
Abstract
We show experimentally that propagation of light waves in an effectively rotating fiber-optic ring resonator leads to a photon band structure due to interference of elastically scattered waves. The rotation is simulated by means of a Faraday-active element in the ring.Keywords
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