Observation of scarred modes in asymmetrically deformed microcylinder lasers

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Jan 21;88(3):033903. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.033903. Epub 2002 Jan 2.

Abstract

We report observation of lasing in the scarred modes in an asymmetrically deformed microcavity made of liquid jet. The observed scarred modes correspond to morphology-dependent resonance of radial mode order 3 with their Q values in the range of 10(6). Emission directionality is also observed, corresponding to a hexagonal unstable periodic orbit.