Negative group delay times in frustrated Gires-Tournois and Fabry-Perot interferometers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 519-526

  Tournois, Pierre ^a,b,c,d  

^a THALES   (France)

^b Ecl Sup d'Optique de Paris   (France)

^c Fr National Academy of Engineering   (France)

^d Finnish Acad of Technical Sciences   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fabry Perot interferometer; Frustrated interferometer; Gires Tournois interferometer; Group delay time; Thin film interferometer; Tunneling time

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FILMS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUBSTRATES;

FRUSTRATED INTERFEROMETERS;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0031120964     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.563378     Document Type: Article

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