Precise measurements of optical cavity dispersion and mirror coating properties via femtosecond combs

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 882-888

  Thorpe, Michael J ^a   Jason Jones, R ^a   Moll, K D ^a   Ye, Jun ^a   Lalezari, Ramin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Advanced Thin Films   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COATING TECHNIQUES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LASER PULSES; MIRRORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONATORS; THIN FILMS;

INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL CAVITY; SPECTRAL BANDWIDTH; ULTRAFAST TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION;

EID: 14744297867     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.000882     Document Type: Article

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