Mechanical effects of light in optical resonators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1098-1130

  Domokos, Peter ^a,b   Ritsch, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; FRICTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTONS; SCATTERING; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

MULTIMODE CAVITY;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 0037835924     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.001098     Document Type: Review

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