Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

Standing Waves in a Cavity01:28

Standing Waves in a Cavity

A household microwave and lasers are examples of standing electromagnetic waves in a cavity. When two conducting metal plates are placed parallel at the nodal planes, it creates a cavity where standing waves are formed. The cavity between the two planes is analogous to a stretched string held at the points x = 0 and x = L. Here, the distance 'L' between the two planes must be an integer multiple of half of the wavelength. The wavelengths that satisfy this condition are given by:
Sound Waves: Resonance01:14

Sound Waves: Resonance

Resonance is produced depending on the boundary conditions imposed on a wave. Resonance can be produced in a string under tension with symmetrical boundary conditions (i.e., has a node at each end). A node is defined as a fixed point where the string does not move. The symmetrical boundary conditions result in some frequencies resonating and producing standing waves, while other frequencies interfere destructively. Sound waves can resonate in a hollow tube, and the frequencies of the sound...
Raman Spectroscopy: Overview01:20

Raman Spectroscopy: Overview

The underlying principle of Raman spectroscopy is based on the interaction between light and matter, specifically molecules' inelastic scattering of photons. When a monochromatic beam of light, typically from a laser source, interacts with a sample, most scattered light has the same frequency as the incident light. This is known as Rayleigh scattering.
However, a small fraction of the scattered light exhibits a frequency shift due to the exchange of energy between the incident photons and the...
Double Resonance Techniques: Overview01:12

Double Resonance Techniques: Overview

Double resonance techniques in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy involve the simultaneous application of two different frequencies or radiofrequency pulses to manipulate and observe two distinct nuclear spins. One important application of double resonance is spin decoupling, which selectively suppresses coupling with one type of nucleus while observing the NMR signal from another nucleus, simplifying the spectrum and enhancing resolution.
Spin decoupling is usually achieved by...
Characteristics of Series Resonant Circuit01:24

Characteristics of Series Resonant Circuit

Series resonance occurs in a circuit containing inductive (L), capacitive (C), and resistive (R) elements connected sequentially. At the resonance frequency, the inductive and capacitive reactances are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, effectively canceling each other. This causes the circuit's impedance is minimal, primarily determined by the resistance R. The resonant frequency of an RLC circuit is defined as:
Concept of Resonance and its Characteristics01:19

Concept of Resonance and its Characteristics

If a driven oscillator needs to resonate at a specific frequency, then very light damping is required. An example of light damping includes playing piano strings and many other musical instruments. Conversely, to achieve small-amplitude oscillations as in a car's suspension system, heavy damping is required. Heavy damping reduces the amplitude, but the tradeoff is that the system responds at more frequencies. Speed bumps and gravel roads prove that even a car's suspension system is not immune...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Wireless power distributions in multi-cavity systems at high frequencies.

Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences·2021
Same author

Stochastic electromagnetic field propagation- measurement and modelling.

Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences·2018
Same author

"Methylene Bridge" to 5-HT<sub>3</sub> Receptor Antagonists: Conformationally Constrained Phenylguanidines.

ACS chemical neuroscience·2018
Same author

Superagonist, Full Agonist, Partial Agonist, and Antagonist Actions of Arylguanidines at 5-Hydroxytryptamine-3 (5-HT<sub>3</sub>) Subunit A Receptors.

ACS chemical neuroscience·2016
Same author

Localized Single Frequency Lasing States in a Finite Parity-Time Symmetric Resonator Chain.

Scientific reports·2016
Same author

Parity-time symmetric coupled microresonators with a dispersive gain/loss.

Optics express·2015

Related Experiment Video

Updated: May 24, 2026

Fabrication and Characterization of High-Q Silicon Nitride Membrane Resonators
09:46

Fabrication and Characterization of High-Q Silicon Nitride Membrane Resonators

Published on: August 8, 2025

Differences between emission patterns and internal modes of optical resonators.

Stephen C Creagh1, Michael M White

  • 1School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|March 10, 2012
PubMed
Summary

Weakly deformed optical resonators exhibit unique emission patterns due to tunneling. This phenomenon allows for direct observation of complex plane solutions from the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation.

More Related Videos

Fabrication and Testing of Microfluidic Optomechanical Oscillators
09:10

Fabrication and Testing of Microfluidic Optomechanical Oscillators

Published on: May 29, 2014

Determination of the Excitation and Coupling Rates Between Light Emitters and Surface Plasmon Polaritons
07:39

Determination of the Excitation and Coupling Rates Between Light Emitters and Surface Plasmon Polaritons

Published on: July 21, 2018

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: May 24, 2026

Fabrication and Characterization of High-Q Silicon Nitride Membrane Resonators
09:46

Fabrication and Characterization of High-Q Silicon Nitride Membrane Resonators

Published on: August 8, 2025

Fabrication and Testing of Microfluidic Optomechanical Oscillators
09:10

Fabrication and Testing of Microfluidic Optomechanical Oscillators

Published on: May 29, 2014

Determination of the Excitation and Coupling Rates Between Light Emitters and Surface Plasmon Polaritons
07:39

Determination of the Excitation and Coupling Rates Between Light Emitters and Surface Plasmon Polaritons

Published on: July 21, 2018

Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Optics
  • Quantum Mechanics

Background:

  • Optical resonators, when deviating from perfect circular or spherical shapes, exhibit directional evanescent wave fields.
  • The escape of light from these deformed resonators is governed by a tunneling mechanism.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the emission patterns resulting from the tunneling mechanism in weakly deformed optical resonators.
  • To develop a theoretical approach for analyzing these emission patterns when direct short-wavelength analysis is not feasible.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a perturbative approximation of ray families to model the tunneling phenomenon.
  • Analyzing the complex ray data which is unobtainable through direct short-wavelength methods due to natural boundaries.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated that the tunneling mechanism in weakly deformed resonators leads to emission patterns distinct from the internal modes.
  • Showcased that the perturbative ray approximation successfully describes the observed emission phenomena.
  • Established that in specific limits, the emission pattern provides a direct observation of one-dimensional Schrödinger equation solutions in the complex plane.

Conclusions:

  • The tunneling mechanism in weakly deformed optical resonators produces unique, non-intuitive emission patterns.
  • Perturbative ray approximation offers a viable method for analyzing light escape from such resonators.
  • This research connects the optical phenomenon to fundamental quantum mechanics, enabling visualization of complex Schrödinger equation solutions.