Theory of 1-N-way phase-locked resonators

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 916-920

  Gorton, Eric K ^a   Jenkins, R Michael ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

PHASE-LOCKED RESONATORS;

OPTICAL RESONATORS;

EID: 0038261941     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000916     Document Type: Article

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