Experimental study of the effect of surface defects on the finesse and contrast of a fabry–perot interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-50

  Palik, E D ^a   Boukari, Hacène ^a   Gammon, Robert W ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DEFECTS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POLYSTYRENES; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AIRY FUNCTION; FREE SPECTRAL RANGE; OPTICAL PLATES; SURFACE FINESSE;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0029679022     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000038     Document Type: Article

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