Effects of hard apertures on mode properties of resonators with gaussian reflectivity mirrors

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 222-228

  Parent, Andre ^a   Mccarthy, Nathalie ^a   Lavigne, Pierre ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRRORS;

CASSEGRAIN RESONATORS; GAUSSIAN MIRRORS;

LIGHT;

EID: 0023294674     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.1987.1073322     Document Type: Article

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