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Review

Whispering-gallery waves

A. N. Oraevsky

P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: A review of the theory of the natural waves (eigen-modes) in a dielectric sphere is presented. A special attention is paid to the eigenmodes with large radial and azimuthal indices, the so-called whispering-gallery modes. The experimental results of the spectroscopic study of modes in a dielectric sphere are reported. The fields of applications of whispering-gallery modes are discussed.

PACS: 42.25.Bs, 42.25.Gy

Received: 23.01.2002

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2002, 32:5, 377–400

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