Analytical and experimental study of ringing effects in a fabry–perot cavity. Application to the measurement of high finesses

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2811-2817

  Poirson, Jérôme ^a   Bretenaker, Fabien ^a   Vallet, Marc ^a   Le Floch, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

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EID: 21944445724     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002811     Document Type: Article

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