Revisiting optical spectroscopy in a thin vapor cell: Mixing of reflection and transmission as a Fabry-Perot microcavitv effect

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 793-800

  Dutier, Gabriel ^a   Saltiel, Solomon ^a,b   Bloch, Daniel ^a   Ducloy, Martial ^a  

^a Centrale de Proximité en Nanotechnologies de Paris Nord   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LASER RESONATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

ULTRATHIN VAPOR CELLS;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037836065     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000793     Document Type: Article

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