title: Whispering gallery modes inside asymmetric resonant cavities.
abstract: Two dimensional resonators with a smooth strictly convex boundary are known to possess a whispering gallery region supporting modes concentrated near the boundary. A new class of asymmetric resonant cavities is introduced, where a whispering gallery-like region is found deep inside the resonator. The construction of such resonators is a novel application of the geometric control methods. The results of numerical simulations and experiments are presented.
authors.affiliation: Center of Mathematics Research, Bell Laboratories-Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974, USA.
authors.forename: Yuliy
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baryshnikov
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heider
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Parz
authors.forename: Vadim
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zharnitsky