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Braginsky and Mensky have described a novel gravitational wave detector based on a special “gravitational-electromagnetic resonance” in an annular waveguide. Their analysis is based on geometrical optics. If the configuration is analyzed as a perturbed boundary-value problem, however, no special resonance is evident. Nor does a more general cavity exhibit such a resonance. This paper concludes with a moral: When investigating the interaction of gravity and electromagnetism, one must be circumspect in applying the eikonal approximation.
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Baierlein, R. On the electromagnetic detection of gravitational waves. Gen Relat Gravit 7, 583–594 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00763407
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00763407