Polygonal optical cavities

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 3071-3075

  Bhowmik, Achintya K ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

OPTICAL CAVITIES;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 0005712334     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003071     Document Type: Article

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