Patent ID: 6882675
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of fabricating an optical resonator having at least one physical feature that communicates with the interior of the resonator, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a 3D reflective, essentially closed surface such that optical rays reflected therefrom traverse paths that include chaotic, open paths; (b) determining the phase space of the reflection points of such rays as a function of the directions they enter the closed surface; (c) within the phase space identifying at least one forbidden zone where there are no such reflection points and at least one allowed zone where there are a multiplicity of such reflection points; and (d) forming the surface inside a rigid body, and (e) forming the at least one physical feature in a region of the surface determined by the position of the at least one forbidden zone or the at least one allowed zone.