Quasieigenstate evolution in open chaotic billiards

We experimentally studied the evolution of quasieigenmodes as classical dynamics undergoing a transition from being regular to chaotic in open quantum billiards. In a deformation-variable microcavity, we traced all high- Q cavity modes in a wide range of frequency as the cavity deformation increased. By employing an internal parameter, we were able to obtain a mode-dynamics diagram at a given deformation, showing avoided crossings between different mode groups, and could directly observe the coupling strengths induced by ray chaos among encountering modes. We also show that the observed mode-dynamics diagrams reflect the underlying classical ray dynamics in the phase space.